The tool can quickly review submitted questionnaires that document medical evidence to determine a disability rating and ...

Veterans’ advocates, a top government watchdog and senators in both parties on Wednesday denounced a Washington Post investigation that revealed exaggeration and fraud in the government’s $193 billion ...

WASHINGTON — More than 18,500 veterans have flooded a government website with their concerns about a Department of Veterans Affairs rule for awarding disability benefits that bases compensation on how ...

Every servicemember enters and leaves the armed forces with a medical examination. That procedural fact reflects the original logic behind what the Department of Veterans Affairs calls “disability ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the wake of a Washington Post investigation into fraud within the Veterans Affairs disability system and watchdog ...

Millions of American veterans are preparing to receive their monthly lifeline as the Department of Veterans Affairs confirms payment schedules for November benefits. The timing brings particular ...

The Major Richard Star Act would allow retired veterans wounded in combat to receive both disability compensation and ...

Veterans groups assailed The Washington Post for publishing an investigation last week into the Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation system, accusing The Post of overstating problems ...

A top Department of Veterans Affairs official said the VA has no plans to implement a new rule that veterans advocates fiercely resisted when it was announced last week. “Our intentions were to put ...

UPDATE: Since this article was originally published on 19 Feb 2026, the Department of Veterans Affairs said it is reviewing feedback on the proposed changes to how disability ratings may be evaluated ...

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 ...