Veterans receiving disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will see an increase in their payments starting February 2026. The adjustment comes as part of the VA’s annual ...
Collins initially took to X to defend the rule, calling criticism “fake news” and stating the policy “simply formalizes VA’s ...
VA Secretary Douglas A. Collins posted on X on Thursday that the agency will not enforce the rule but will continue to ...
The Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act was introduced by Representative Tom Barrett in November.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has pushed its backlog of disability compensation and pension benefit claims consistently below 100,000 for the first time since 2020. VA said it has cut the ...
Veterans want the VA to rescind a controversial regulation published Feb. 17 that put compensation ratings in legal limbo.
The new rule states that a disability level must be based on how well a veteran functions while on medication and not on the ...
Veterans groups said the rule is an “abrupt shift” and was “issued in a closed and unnecessarily expedited process.” ...
VA disability compensation is paid to veterans whose injuries or illnesses were caused or worsened by military service.
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