Criteria the VA developed in 1945 do not align with modern medicine, employment and the impact of disabilities on a veteran’s ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs says it’s making major strides in speeding up disability claims, reducing backlogs, and ...

About 32,000 veterans’ disability claims were delayed — some as long as five years — due to a technical flaw in federal filing systems, Veterans Affairs officials acknowledged this week. The total ...

The VA disability benefits framework was designed to provide veterans with structured, lawful access to compensation connected to their service. Over time, as eligibility standards have evolved and ...

Are you living with a disability and want to file a claim but don’t know how to apply or the claim process? The United States government offers several financial assistance programs, like Social ...

Right now, nearly 1 in 3 initial VA disability claims are denied. We built VABN University to be the West Point of the ...

WASHINGTON — Cutting delays in the claims process for veterans filing for disability and adjusting the compensation rate for family members who are survivors of veterans or active-duty troops who died ...

The seal on the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington, D.C. is shown in June 2013. (Charles Dharapak/AP) The backlog of veterans first-time disability claims in coming ...

Disability benefit claimants are often waiting for more than a year for their claims to be processed as the Department for ...

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (WTVD) -- Thousands of veterans are waiting for answers when it comes to their disability benefits claims. Wake Forest veteran Pete Lambert knows all too well about the long wait.

AUSTIN, Texas (TEXAS TRIBUNE) - Jim Peckey was a young Navy petty officer stationed in Bahrain when the 9/11 attacks happened. As the nation went on a war footing, he suddenly shifted from ...