Veterans

A newly surfaced 2017 internal Veterans Affairs report shows Black veterans were more often denied benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder than their white counterparts. 

A newly surfaced 2017 internal Veterans Affairs report shows Black veterans were more often denied benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder than their white counterparts. Bigad Shaban reports.

“Ever since I came back from Vietnam, I knew that I had a problem, but I didn’t know what it was,” said one Black veteran.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough unveiled a new reform effort to examine and reverse racial disparities inside the embattled agency.

Denis McDonough, Secretary of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, spoke to Senior Investigative Reporter Bigad Shaban about the agency’s latest plan to examine and eliminate discriminatory practices within its veterans benefits program. The extended clip has been edited for clarity and timing.

A group of war veterans had been meeting bi-weekly at the Black Bear Diner in Milpitas where they used to gather to share war stories and ongoing struggles. This until Tuesday when the new manager told them they couldn’t hold their gatherings there anymore.

A group of war veterans have been meeting bi-weekly at a South Bay restaurant to bond and counsel one another. But the veterans say the new manager at the local Black Bear Diner told them they couldn’t hold their gatherings there anymore. Damian Trujillo reports.

Two Dallas brothers who have dedicated their lives to preserving Korean War history say at least 1,000 names are misspelled and at least 500 service members’ names are missing on the new Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance in Washington, D.C.

President Joe Biden urged military veterans on Friday to take advantage of new healthcare opportunities under legislation that he signed in August. He promoted the aid as he visited a Delaware National Guard facility named for his late son, Beau.

The last veteran of Mexico’s relatively small contingent of World War II veterans has died, Mexico’s Defense Department announced Thursday.

The family of a fallen World War II hero from New York City can finally get a bit of closure, after the soldier’s remains were identified nearly 80 years after he died during the war.

One Bay Area veteran is among those getting their due.

With each passing day, there are fewer who experienced World War II firsthand. Joe Rosato Jr. reports. .

Federal health officials are conducting a new study to determine whether veterans once stationed at a now-shuttered California military base were exposed to dangerously high levels of cancer-causing toxins.

President Joe Biden signed legislation on Wednesday to give expanded benefits to veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.

The PACT Act will help veterans get disability payments without having to prove their illness was the result of their service. Other health care services will be expanded as well.

Republican senators blocked the bill last week after voting to pass it earlier this year.

A bill that enhances health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits has hit a snag in the Senate.

Twenty-five Republican senators who previously supported a bipartisan bill to expand health care for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits reversed their stance on Thursday.

The widely supported bipartisan measure looked to expand medical coverage for millions of combatants exposed to toxic burn pits during their service.