Eric Shinseki

Md.'s House delegation demands fixes at Baltimore VA office from Shinseki

2013-04-24 16:29:07

Maryland's U.S. House delegation met Wednesday with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki to keep pressure on the agency to fix problems at the troubled Baltimore office and follow up on promises for improvement. Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, a Southern...

VA to immediately evaluate, pay oldest disability claims

2013-04-19 16:06:08

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced Friday a plan to immediately evaluate and pay the oldest disability claims, a move that advocates expect will bring relief to Maryland servicemen and women who face one of the largest backlogs in the...

Senators call on VA to bring in additional staff

2013-04-15 18:29:43

With staff members at the Baltimore office of the Department of Veterans Affairs spending a month in training, Maryland's senators called on VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki to dispatch more analysts to help work through one of the worst disability claims...

Mikulski, VA secretary pledge added staff, training in Baltimore

2013-02-19 18:37:45

The Baltimore office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the nation's worst performer in processing disability claims, will receive more employee training, an influx of senior staff and a new digital processing system ahead of schedule, under a...

Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Tuesday

2013-02-19 04:54:00

WEATHER: Light rain possible, highs around 50.� TRAFFIC:�Check our traffic updates for this morning's issues. TOP NEWS Hopkins doctor found dead amid investigation of claims he secretly taped patients: Police want to identify women seen by a...

VA approves veteran's claim after Baltimore Sun report

2013-02-01 16:38:12

For 21/2 years, Iraq combat veteran Robert Fearing battled overwhelming anxiety and paranoia, a remnant of the mortar attacks he endured in the desert, all the while swallowing his frustration at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for failing to...

Letter from Sens. Mikulski and Cardin to VA secretary

2013-01-28 16:51:00

January 28, 2013 The Honorable Eric K. Shinseki Secretary U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20420-0001 Dear Secretary Shinseki: We are writing to express our continued frustration about the on-going and...

Md. congressional leadership demands answers from VA

2013-01-28 18:08:35

Calling the failures at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Baltimore "inexcusable," Maryland's congressional leadership on Monday demanded the beleaguered agency develop an immediate plan to fix the local problems in processing disability claims....

VA and veterans organization announced alliance to reduce claims backlog

2013-05-21 13:42:00

Under fire for its backlog of disability claims, the Department of Veterans Affairs on Tuesday announced it would enlist the help of two established service organizations to speed the process. The Disabled American Veterans and the American Legion...

The VA's latest plan to eliminate backlog of veterans benefits claims

2013-05-20 16:28:02

Recognition for a reserved WWII vet

2013-05-16 17:40:00

Like many World War II veterans, he speaks modestly about his service. He is quiet and a polite listener, not the kind to draw attention to himself. But a few months ago, as he visited the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, other veterans noticed...

Walk highlights veterans' needs

2013-05-16 02:54:03

More than 75 workers and military veteran supporters took a short walk Wednesday to bring attention to two problems for veterans -- physical fitness and homelessness. In the first local VA2k at the Veterans Outpatient Clinic off Brainerd Road,...

Obama picked Eric Shinseki to overhaul the VA. He is a retired Army general and former Army chief of staff who was wounded in Vietnam.

2013-05-02 00:00:00

U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary, retired general Eric Shinseki

2013-03-24 11:02:41

Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski holds a press conference with U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki to discuss the VA's plans to improve the disability compensation claims backlog at the Baltimore VA Regional Office. On the left is U.S.

2013-02-19 00:00:00