Survivors of veterans who died from service-connected conditions have filed a class action seeking changes to a VA practice of dropping caregiver application appeals when loved ones pass away.

Now that our country has set a standard for what caring for caregivers entails, it’s time to ensure that no caregiver is left to deal with the invisible costs of war alone.

A federal court has ruled that caregivers of injured or ill veterans denied financial support and services from the Department of Veterans Affairs can appeal the VA decision to a benefits board, a ...

The VA is looking for feedback on how to better its caregiver assistance program, including comment on who should qualify and the best way to define "necessary care" for veterans, after a law ...

March 21-- A program in place since 2008 in San Antonio is expanding to Kerrville and will allow homebound veterans to be placed with local caregivers as an alternative to nursing home or long ...

And when a caregiver needs respite, the VA will pay for temporary caregiver replacements for up to 30 days a year. About 2,000 caregivers are expected to benefit from the initiatives.

Congress has passed a massive bill, nicknamed the VA Mission Act, to streamline veterans’ access to non-VA community care when clinically appropriate, create a new VA benefit of commercial wa… ...

Lynelle Dauenbaugh says she believes she's ordained to care for her brother, but the government is making that difficult.

Caregiver benefits, like other facets of VA health care, are not entitlements requiring mandatory spending by Congress but rather a discretionary program whose availability is governed year-to ...