More On VA Claims and Appeals

VA Under Secretary for Benefits Joshua Jacobs said the department plans to examine its ratings schedule after complaints from...

Lawmakers have been debating competing proposals to address the issue of unaccredited companies charging veterans to file...

The department has found problems with 900 PACT Act appeals filings and more than 56,000 dependency status updates.

The VA expects its disability claims backlog to spike in the coming year but has a goal to reduce it to 100,000 by 2025.

In addition to the filings, allowed since Congress passed the PACT Act last summer, the department has screened more than 3...

A new team will explore conditions that have caused minority veterans to receive disability benefits at lower rates than...

VA medical patients who have gone to a non-VA emergency room since 2010 can get their out-of-pocket coinsurance costs...

The decision spares the VA from paying 30 years worth of compensation to a Navy veteran, as well as potential claims by...

The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of the Inspector General estimated processors did not follow procedures in 68% of...

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