The 1945 “whole-person” formula used by the Department of Veterans Affairs presumes independence among various disabilities.

VA vowed to modernize its disability benefits system. As criticism from veterans and their advocates has mounted, efforts to ...

WASHINGTON — Veterans advocates and Democratic lawmakers slammed a recent newspaper report critical of the disability benefits system run by the Department of Veterans Affairs for “cherry-picking ...

WASHINGTON — Veterans groups urged the Department of Veterans Affairs to take steps to end common mistakes in claims reviews for disability that include redundant requests for veterans to undergo more ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Kinsley Kilpatrick put on a convincing show. During visits to Atlanta VA ...

The seal is seen at the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. (Charles Dharapak/AP) In the wake of a Washington Post investigation into fraud within the Veterans Affairs disability ...

Veterans Affairs officials said the disability claims backlog fell to about 190,000 cases on June 23. (VA graphic) Veterans Affairs officials on Tuesday announced staffers had already processed more ...

Part 2 of 3: What’s the VA doing about the backlog? It’s bad; no one disputes that. Monday, I detailed how the backlog came to be. Today I’ll provide details on the backlog and what VA is doing to ...

More than a decade ago, the Department of Veterans Affairs faced national furor because thousands of claims for monthly disability benefits were waiting years for adjudication. Now the VA reports a ...