The department says it won't enforce a new disability rule two days after announcing it — critics said it would cut veterans' benefits and penalize them for seeking treatment.

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

The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) has released its 2026 disability compensation rates, outlining how much eligible ...

Veterans want the VA to rescind a controversial regulation published Feb. 17 that put compensation ratings in legal limbo.

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 ...

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

After years of delays, the VA says it’s hit a major milestone that could impact thousands of veterans waiting for benefits ...

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

Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Paul Lawrence said the VA realizes it needs to communicate better with veteran groups.

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that the VA disability claims backlog dipped below 100,000 for the first time ...

The lawsuit argues that the rule on disability ratings was implemented without proper notice or prior public comment period.

An optometrist provides an eye exam to a VA beneficiary in 2022 at Fort Meade, Maryland. (Michelle Gonzalez/U.S. Army) Veterans Affairs medical examiners are now required to consider the effects of ...