Veterans Affairs Administration facilities across the country have reported 50% more severe staffing shortages at a time when the Trump administration is seeking to reduce employment levels at the agency that annually serves more than 9 million veterans.

For fiscal year 2025, which will end Sept. 30, 139 VA facilities identified a total of more than 4,400 “severe occupational staffing shortages,” up from more than 2,900 shortages reported in the prior year, the VA’s Office of Inspector General found in its annual staffing review released Aug. 12. Psychology, like it was last year, was the most frequently reported severe clinical staffing shortage in the survey.

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