Department of Veterans Affairs published an interim final rule that changes one deceptively simple question at the heart of ...

Under a new rule, the Department of Veterans Affairs will lower veterans’ disability pay if medication improves their ...

Collins initially took to X to defend the rule, calling criticism “fake news” and stating the policy “simply formalizes VA’s ...

Senator Tammy Duckworth reacts to VA halting enforcement of a rule endangering veterans' disability ratings and health care ...

Veterans deserve a system that supports recovery, protects stability, and ensures that treatment engagement does not put ...

The new rule states that a disability level must be based on how well a veteran functions while on medication and not on the ...

If a medication or treatment lowers a veteran's disability level, the rating will be based on the lower level, according to a ...

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.

Under a previous court precedent, VA examiners were required to consider what a veteran’s disability would look like without medication. Under the new rule, the rating is based on how the veteran ...

Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Paul Lawrence said the VA realizes it needs to communicate better with veteran groups.

Members of Congress pressed the Department of Veterans Affairs to officially rescind a controversial new rule on the assessment of disability ratings after VA Secretary Doug Collins pledged that the ...

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