The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Thursday that it rolled out an updated registry of veterans’ exposure to burn pits and other toxic substances while on active service, a move that came ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has overhauled its registry for veterans exposed to burn pits and other airborne hazards overseas, working with the Defense Department to include 4.7 million ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs will reexamine a registry that tracks veterans who were exposed to burn pits and other airborne pollution following two reports that were highly critical of the ...

WASHINGTON — A Department of Veterans Affairs registry used to track illnesses from burn pits and help garner treatment for sick veterans uses questionnaires that are too difficult to answer and make ...

The registry of people exposed to toxic fumes while serving in the U.S. military is now automatically including those who deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan or any of the Middle Eastern, African and Asian ...

Aug. 1 (UPI) --The Department of Veterans Affairs on Thursday launched an anxiously awaited redesign and expansion of its Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry, established 10 years ago to ...

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Oct. 14 (UPI) --The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' registry to track burn pit illnesses and help veterans get care is achieving none of its goals, according to a new report. Kristen Olson, ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. A bipartisan, bicameral legislative proposal would force the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide answers about a delayed redesign ...

WASHINGTON — While the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry is currently unable to fulfill its primary intended purposes of supporting research and ...