A week after the Department of Veterans Affairs published an interim final rule that would have lowered disability ...

The new rule might mean that veterans receive lower disability ratings from the VA, officials from major veterans service ...

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

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

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

VA is proposing major changes to disability ratings for sleep apnea, tinnitus, and mental health, shifting away from device based formulas and toward functional impairment.

Veterans groups said the rule is an “abrupt shift” and was “issued in a closed and unnecessarily expedited process.” ...

The rule, which had gone into effect without prior notice, was quickly condemned by veterans groups as effectively lowering a veteran’s disability rating.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) this week abruptly reversed course on a new rule requiring veterans’ disability ...

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 ...

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Vietnam Veterans of America called the change concerning and said VA disability ratings should affect “real-world functional loss” along with medication side effects, including “fatigue, cognitive ...