News releases

The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Department of Texas awarded Army Veteran and Houston VA Transition Patient Advocate Cornelius Blackshear as their Disabled Veteran of the Year during their annual state convention on June 21.

This Saturday, June 8th, all area military Veterans are invited to a special VA claims and enrollment resource fair at the Beaumont VA Outpatient Clinic.

Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs expects to grant its 1 millionth PACT Act-related disability compensation claims to Veterans and survivors since President Biden signed the bill into law on Aug. 10, 2022 – including 110,629 claims to Veterans and survivors in Texas.

The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston recently received the "LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer" designation in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 16th-anniversary edition of the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI).

The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center recently became the first VA in the nation to receive certification from DNV as a Comprehensive Stroke Center, reflecting the highest level of competence for the treatment of serious stroke events.

A new study, led by a researcher at the Houston VA and published in the Journal of Sleep Research, sheds light on the intricate relationship between women’s menstrual cycles, emotions and sleep patterns.

Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it has enrolled 41,287 Texas Veterans in VA health care in the past 365 days – 23.84% more than it enrolled the previous year.

For the sixth consecutive year, the Houston VA Community Living Center (CLC) has been rated five-stars for quality by the Veterans Health Administration.

The Houston VA Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Home Care Team was recently honored with recognition as an Age-Friendly Health System.

The Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has granted Three-Year Accreditation to the cancer program at Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center.