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The VA has expanded and used retention-pay authorities for clinicians and nurses since 2022 — including retention incentives up to 50% of base pay authorized by recent legislation and administrative a...
The VA’s 2025 retention-bonus framework for clinicians does not follow a single uniform pay-date calendar but allows agencies flexibility: retention incentives can be paid in installments (biweekly, q...
Federal 2024–2025 changes — driven mainly by implementing the PACT Act and related VA rulemaking — expanded presumptive service connections for many toxic-exposure diseases, accelerated VA health‑care...
The 2025 retention bonuses sit at a crossroads: they follow a period of unusually large, targeted pay authorities enacted during the that delivered measurable hiring and retention gains, but they are ...
confronted with staff deaths that draw national attention have typically responded on two parallel tracks: operational — launching internal and external safety and misconduct investigations — and symb...