Back pain is one of the most common disability claims among veterans, yet the ratings awarded by the U.S. Department of ...

The VA is halting enforcement of a new rule that would have based veterans' disability ratings on how well their medication ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins testifies during the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, ...

Veteran advocates warned the rule could cause veterans’ disability ratings to be reduced, possibly prompting some to stop ...

First, the VA can now take medication into account when rating a disability. For example, tinnitus, or ear ringing, is one of the most common conditions for which the VA assigns a disability rating.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A federal rule change could lower disability compensation for millions of veterans. On Feb. 17, the DVA amended an interim final rule that they say clarifies the DVA’s ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) – A federal rule change could lower disability compensation for millions of veterans, says the Veterans of Foreign Wars. On Tuesday, the Department of Veterans Affairs amended ...

Congressman Jeff Crank, R-Colorado Springs, second from right, hosts a forum at Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center on Wednesday. His wife, Lisa Crank, is on the far right and Mt. Carmel's Executive ...

Veterans Affairs medical examiners are now required to consider the effects of medication on a veteran's health condition when assigning a disability rating under a new regulation published Tuesday by ...

Veterans will have their disability compensation evaluated based on whether their prescribed medication or treatment improves their illness or injury, according to a new federal rule. The Department ...

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 ...