VA is proposing major changes to disability ratings for sleep apnea, tinnitus, and mental health, shifting away from device based formulas and toward functional impairment.

Learn how to establish service connection for PTSD and secure the correct VA disability rating. Understand evidence requirements, medical documentation, and steps to strengthen your claim.

The VA will continue collecting public comment on the rule but it "will not be enforced at any time in the future," VA ...

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

The VA paused a rule that bases compensation on how a veteran does on medication and not on the injury or illness, but it ...

The VA now requires disability ratings to reflect a veteran’s condition as it appears while medicated, rather than estimating how severe it would be without treatment.

The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are already trying to restrict veteran care through bills that seek to ...

Every servicemember enters and leaves the armed forces with a medical examination. That procedural fact reflects the original logic behind what the Department of Veterans Affairs calls “disability ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs says the rule will not directly impact veterans' current disability ratings, while ...

This chapter summarizes what is known about how aggravation of preservice disability and secondary claims are evaluated and rated, and provides recommendations on how the current process can be ...