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Veterans Memorial Plaza is shown Dec. 1, 2025, at the Commemorative Area at Fort McCoy, Wis. U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis. Source: DVIDS Every ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has reduced the average disability claim processing time to 72.3 days as of April 2026, the fastest pace in its history. This marks a steep drop from 141.5 days in ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Veterans across the U.S. will be receiving their monthly disability ...

WASHINGTON — Veterans advocates and Democratic lawmakers slammed a recent newspaper report critical of the disability benefits system run by the Department of Veterans Affairs for “cherry-picking ...

In the wake of a Washington Post investigation into fraud within the Veterans Affairs disability system and watchdog recommendations that the VA modernize its ratings schedule, a Republican senator ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) this week abruptly reversed course on a new rule requiring veterans’ disability ratings to be calculated by how well they function on medication and not on the ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A federal rule change could lower disability compensation for millions of veterans. On Feb. 17, the DVA amended an interim final rule that they say clarifies the DVA’s ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Those who receive a Department of Veterans Affairs disability payments ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has failed to investigate why Black veterans are consistently turned down for disability payments at a higher rate than white veterans, a disparity some veterans ...