A policy requiring VA medical examiners to include effects of medication in assigning disability ratings is expected to be ...

A week after the Department of Veterans Affairs published an interim final rule that would have lowered disability ...

A Federal Register notice says the VA is rescinding a final interim rule and restoring the standard for calculating veterans disability ratings.

The VA will continue collecting public comment on the rule but it "will not be enforced at any time in the future," VA ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) this week abruptly reversed course on a new rule requiring veterans’ disability ratings to be calculated by how well they function on medication and not on the ...

More than 18,500 veterans sent in comments regarding the new VA policy that would change disability ratings.

The new rule states that a disability level must be based on how well a veteran functions while on medication and not on the ...

The VA now requires disability ratings to reflect a veteran’s condition as it appears while medicated, rather than estimating how severe it would be without treatment.

VA Secretary Doug Collins said the agency looks to avoid what many perceived as “adverse consequences.” ...

VA benefits veterans disability compensation payments to spike after 2026 COLA update as the confirmed 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment moves into effect on December 1, 2025. This explainer ...

The seal is seen at the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. (Charles Dharapak/AP) In the wake of a Washington Post investigation into fraud within the Veterans Affairs disability ...