BackgroundThousands of service members have suffered a genitourinary injury, resulting in the loss of, or compromised ability, to have a child. Among those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, genital injuries, most of which were a result of ground-based explosive...

On October, 1, 2020, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced implementation of a new information technology (IT) system and officially launched the first phase of expansion of the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) to caregivers of...

Nearly thirty-five years ago, President Ronald Reagan signed the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) into law. The ACAA prohibits disability-based discrimination in air travel. Prior to passage of the ACAA, people with disabilities were routinely forced to travel with an...

Nearly a third (29.6 percent, 3.5 million) of the 12 million working-age veterans report having a disability: 12.4 percent with a service-connected disability; 10.5 percent with non-service-connected disabilities only; and 6.7 percent reporting both service-connected and...

PVA members require specialized health care and rely on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders (SCI/D) System of Care to meet their specialized health care needs. VA’s specialized systems of care follow higher clinical standards than...

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs currently provides eligible veterans with a one-time automobile grant in the amount of $21,488.29.  The grant helps with the purchase of a new or used automobile to accommodate a veteran or service member with...