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

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

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Department of Veterans Affairs has retreated from enforcing a controversial regulation it rolled out Tuesday that required ...

VA Secretary Doug Collins said the agency looks to avoid what many perceived as “adverse consequences.” ...

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

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 ...

WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs is considering changes to its disability rating system for some conditions to bring it in line with modern medicine, the agency announced. The proposed ...

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 ...

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 Secretary Doug Collins said.

VA Secretary Doug Collins attends a Purple Heart Day event in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Aug. 7, 2025. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images) The Department of Veterans Affairs ...