Veterans

The VA is making more veterans with toxic exposure eligible for health care now instead of phasing in coverage. The VA health system in Central Florida is undertaking an all-out effort to sign them up.

The VA sent letters to 9,076 veterans and notified the next of kin of 565 others who are deceased, and 209 veterans are being offered no-cost credit monitoring for a year.

The legislation now awaits a vote from the House floor.

The study found military personnel stationed at Camp Lejeune from 1975 to 1985 had at least a 20% higher risk for a number of cancers. The list includes some types of leukemia and lymphoma and cancers of the lung, breast, throat, esophagus and thyroid.

The Transgender American Veterans Association is suing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs two years after the department said it would provide gender-affirming surgery.

About a quarter of all suicide deaths occur among troops caught up in legal or administrative battles - sometimes for minor infractions.

A long-term study hopes to shed light on an array of vague symptoms that can affect veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

New research finds that private wells near more than 82% of select military sites were contaminated with PFAS chemicals. The study listed six in Florida below the threshold the Pentagon uses to trigger remediation.

A Florida Senate panel has backed a proposal that would allow veterans' spouses and, in some cases, the parents of veterans, to qualify to live in state-run long-term care facilities for veterans.

"Florida veterans will definitely feel that impact in a positive way."

About a quarter million troops and veterans signed on as plaintiffs in litigation claiming the Combat Arms earplugs manufactured by a 3M subsidiary damaged their hearing.

Despite scores of lawsuits by its personnel and high rates of testicular cancer among troops, the military has been slow to investigate a connection to PFAS.