Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Department of Veterans Affairs this week issued a public notice announcing some changes in how it evaluates disability ratings ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Veterans Affairs employee Nicholas Crews of Marietta, Georgia, died Wednesday from injuries sustained from a shooting at the ...

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 ...

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 ...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Deborah J. Mazzarella, PsyD, ABCP, is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 30 years of experience, including work with active duty military and within the Department of ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is warning that federal rule change could lower disability compensation for millions of veterans. On Tuesday, the Department of Veterans ...

When a veteran or their family receives a VA decision it arrives as a simple percentage printed on a document. It’s no more dramatic than that. The number doesn’t change when the family feels the pain ...

WISCONSIN (WQOW) - This week saw the implementation — and halting — of a new rule by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs that could impact disability ratings for tens of thousands of Wisconsin ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs this week issued a public notice announcing some changes in how it evaluates disability ratings. The administration has been finding ways to shortchange veterans ...