Criteria the VA developed in 1945 do not align with modern medicine, employment and the impact of disabilities on a veteran’s ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs will stop approving most new need-based apportionments of veterans' benefits beginning ...

Veterans have 12 months from the date on their VA decision letter to file an appeal with the U.S. Department of Veterans ...

Every day you don't document injuries connected to military service, you make a future VA disability claim harder to prove.

The Department of Veterans Affairs processed over 2 million disability claims in 2025, breaking records for speed. Average processing time dropped to 132 days, down from 141 days at the start of the ...

Several veterans and their families are getting ready for a Veterans Affairs (VA) disability payment scheduled for December 31, 2025, a timing that is atypical and may lead to confusion among ...

Disability Law Colorado has spent years urging the United States Department of Justice to look into the state’s corrections system. That wish was finally granted on December 8, when the DOJ announced ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A Knoxville firefighter who suffered a career-ending injury while on duty has been rejected again for Social Security disability. Chris Patterson said he and his attorney ...

On October 29, a disabled Navy veteran and blogger named Theresa Aldrich, who keeps other former service members informed about developments at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), tuned in to ...

LAS VEGAS, Dec. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The VA disability system is collapsing under its own contradictions — and the latest national coverage is finally acknowledging what veterans have said for ...

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 ...

Federal workers were guaranteed back pay once the government reopened. Some at the National Park Service are still waiting. By Maxine Joselow Reporting from Washington As many as 100 seasonal workers ...