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The VA follows the Department of Defense in providing access to abortion as several states, including Texas, essentially ban the procedure following the U.S. Supreme Court decision ending nationwide protection.

A young veteran with the weight of the world on his shoulders walks into a bank and almost shyly informs the teller he has a bomb in his backpack. But he doesn't want to rob the bank. He lets almost everyone leave. What does he want? The $892 he believes…

Urgent action needs to be taken to eliminate a backlog of compensation claims and make processes easier for veterans, the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide says in its interim report.

After months of hearings around Australia, the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide will hand down its interim report this morning. Here's what we know so far.

Madonna Paul's husband took his own life after a career in the Army. In dealing with the "cruel and "inhumane" Department of Veterans' Affairs, she was forced to retell the story, again and again, the royal commission into defence suicide hears.

Trapped in a never-ending cycle of back pain and locked in a compensation battle with a government department that had placed her under surveillance, senator Jacqui Lambie tells the defence royal commission she lost hope completely.

What sets veterans apart from all the others not having access to medical marijuana? The system. Veterans obtain their healthcare via the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which is a federal agency. As a federal agency, the VA is not allowed to recommend or prescribe a substance that is considered…

Sen. Joe Manchin says a group of U.S. senators has agreed to effectively dismantle a commission tasked by the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out closures, downsizing and other medical facility changes nationwide

The Department of Veterans' Affairs keeps secret a damning report on its own staff shortages and delays in processing compensation.

Defence is not doing enough to address suicides, according to the Australian Defence Force Chief, who has told the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide the ADF has inconsistent data on such deaths among its members.

The former government was told to simplify claims processes for veterans three years ago, but made no decision to adopt the "significant" recommendations, a royal commission hears.