VA benefits veterans disability compensation payments to spike after 2026 COLA update as the confirmed 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment moves into effect on December 1, 2025. This explainer ...

Veterans will have their disability compensation evaluated based on whether their prescribed medication or treatment improves their illness or injury, according to a new federal rule. The Department ...

WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs on Thursday abruptly announced that it would stop enforcing a new rule requiring disability ratings to be calculated by how well veterans function on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Vietnam veteran and several law firms have filed suit over a new VA ruling that requires medical examiners to factor in the ...

A new Department of Veterans Affairs rule that would tie disability ratings more closely to how well medication controls symptoms has been halted by the VA Secretary. The VA issued the interim final ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Veterans could celebrate a temporary victory Thursday, as a VA policy change that had them concerned was paused. “Now, they’re changing the game and changing the level of the playing ...

WASHINGTON — A new rule that altered how the Department of Veterans Affairs determines disability compensation for millions of veterans will be revoked, according to a formal VA notice scheduled to be ...

UPDATE: Since this article was originally published on 19 Feb 2026, the Department of Veterans Affairs said it is reviewing feedback on the proposed changes to how disability ratings may be evaluated ...

VA Secretary Doug Collins attends a Purple Heart Day event in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Aug. 7, 2025. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images) The Department of Veterans Affairs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Under a new rule, the Department of Veterans Affairs will adjust a veteran's disability rating based on whether medication ...