WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 57,000 U.S. military veterans have been waiting 90 days or more for their first VA medical appointments, and an additional 64,000 appear to have fallen through the cracks, ...

The former Army medic sat, staring at his computer screen, waiting for a VA therapist to hop on the video call. He had spent months trying to get the appointment, months of his wife pushing him to get ...

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers wants the Department of Veterans Affairs to streamline its scheduling processes for medical appointments amid reports that veterans are falling through the cracks ...

Army veteran John Polk has been a volunteer driver for 10 years with Disabled American Veterans, giving veterans in Wisconsin rides to doctor appointments at the Milwaukee VA Medical Center and other ...

WASHINGTON — James McCormick, an Iraq War veteran, waited 11 months to see an eye doctor at the Huntington VA Medical Center in West Virginia after booking an appointment for his annual checkup in ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has changed its process for veterans to get medical care from non-VA providers, removing a requirement that a referral to community care be reviewed by another VA ...

WASHINGTON — More than 57,000 U.S. military veterans have been waiting 90 days or more for their first VA medical appointments, and an additional 64,000 appear to have fallen through the cracks, never ...

As a result of the software problem, the veteran’s missed appointment “was not routed to a queue to prompt rescheduling efforts.” When a patient does not report for their appointment, relevant ...