The VA is processing claims faster than ever. The backlog is the lowest it's been in years. And your 2024 medical records are ...

Secondary conditions are disabilities caused by conditions the Department of Veterans Affairs already recognizes as service ...

The VA disability benefits framework was designed to provide veterans with structured, lawful access to compensation ...

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins testifies before his Senate Veterans Affairs committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on January 21. On Tuesday, Collins reported the ...

In 2026, the primary update to benefits will be the annual COLA, which increases payments to keep pace with inflation.

Workers get hurt all the time, both on the job and off. In 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 1,238,490 injury or illness cases in the United States requiring days away from work to ...

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 ...

More fraud troubles with E. D. D. It's been an emotional roller coaster. But this time the problem isn't with unemployment transferred. Almost 350,000 disability claims frozen, leaving endless lines ...

After stealing the identities of death row inmates and even a sitting U.S. senator to make off with billions of dollars in fraudulent unemployment benefits during the pandemic, scammers have now moved ...

Mississippi has a higher processing time for claims that what SSA deems reasonable. The average field offices makes a determination in eight days. Mississippi DDS takes 76 days on average to decide.