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

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

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.

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

VA Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence told reporters the VA won't implement the new rule after widespread criticism.

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

If a medication or treatment lowers a veteran's disability level, the rating will be based on the lower level, according to a ...

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 ...

The 1945 “whole-person” formula used by the Department of Veterans Affairs presumes independence among various disabilities. But empirical data show that this assumption is faulty, and veterans suffer ...

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