Department of Veterans Affairs

In what has become a staple of this administration, infighting, backstabbing, and lack of leadership is plaguing potential legislative progress within the VA.

• By Isaac Arnsdorf

American medical institutions created the opioid crisis. The VA is showing how the establishment can help make amends.

• By Jared Keller

At a meeting in March, a lead analyst in the VA's compensation service was critical of the media, scientists, and the VA's own administrative tribunal for taking positions that differ from his.

• By Charles Ornstein

Deceased vets’ data has been sent to the wrong widows. Employees have snooped on the records of patients who’ve committed suicide. And whistleblowers say their own medical privacy has been violated.

• By Annie Waldman & Charles Ornstein

U.S. Navy veterans describe their Vietnam tours, their Agent Orange concerns, and their fight for VA benefits.

• By Terry Parris Jr.

By helping others, Michael "Doc" Piper has finally found a way to cope with his anger, nightmares, and flashbacks.

• By Becky Bach