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.

A federal lawsuit is challenging a Department of Veterans Affairs rule that requires disability ratings to reflect how well veterans function on medication rather than the severity of their underlying ...

The VA on Friday said it was pausing a new rule for how it determines disability benefits after bipartisan concern. ©Charles Dharapak Following bipartisan outcry, the U.S. Department of Veterans ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Under a new rule, the Department of Veterans Affairs will adjust a veteran's disability rating based on whether medication ...

The disability benefits that veterans receive from the Department of Veterans Affairs have become the subject of a growing number of policy papers and editorials that argue those benefits are too ...

Veterans and advocates are struggling to understand the ramifications of a new federal rule, under which the Department of Veterans Affairs will consider the effectiveness of medications when ...

WASHINGTON — Veterans and their advocates slammed a new rule by the Department of Veterans Affairs for determining disability compensation, predicting it will lower their payments for service-related ...

Veterans who rely on disability compensation can expect a meaningful, if modest, lift in their monthly payments in 2026, as benefits are set to rise by 2.8 percent. That adjustment will ripple through ...