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More than a month after Helene, the Asheville VA Medical Center is still sending teams out to check on thousands of military veterans in western North Carolina. Many have serious health problems and are isolated and having trouble getting around.

The VA's sports clinics introduce veterans to adaptive activities to help them recover from injuries and make fitness a part of their lives.

Lawyers are aggressively advertising potential windfalls for people exposed to contaminated water at the base. But it's too soon to know how the claim process will play out.

The Senate has given final approval to a bill enhancing health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. North Carolina's two Republican senators, Richard Burr and Thom Tillis, split their votes.

The program at eight local VA hospitals offers clean supplies, mental health care, and other services to reduce some of the risks of substance abuse.

President Biden is urging Congress to send a burn-pits bill to his desk.

Congress has told the Department of Veterans Affairs to offer COVID-19 vaccines to some 24 million people who don't usually get their health care through the VA.

Like most long-term care facilities, VA nursing homes haven't allowed in-person visitation since early March.

The VA pilot program places federally-backed volunteers in the homes of veterans to help with cooking, cleaning and other low-skill tasks.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has begun installing telehealth pods in remote locations. It's part of an ongoing VA push to shift more outpatient…