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 ...
Collins initially took to X to defend the rule, calling criticism “fake news” and stating the policy “simply formalizes VA’s ...
Under a new rule, the Department of Veterans Affairs will lower veterans’ disability pay if medication improves their ...
The VA will continue collecting public comment on the rule but it "will not be enforced at any time in the future," VA ...
More than 18,500 veterans sent in comments regarding the new VA policy that would change disability ratings.
The VA paused a rule that bases compensation on how a veteran does on medication and not on the injury or illness, but it ...
Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Paul Lawrence said the VA realizes it needs to communicate better with veteran groups.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) this week abruptly reversed course on a new rule requiring veterans’ disability ...
The new rule states that a disability level must be based on how well a veteran functions while on medication and not on the ...
VA Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence told reporters the VA won't implement the new rule after widespread criticism.
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.
Veterans want the VA to rescind a controversial regulation published Feb. 17 that put compensation ratings in legal limbo.