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 ...

A bipartisan Senate bill, S. 4487, aims to increase base VA disability compensation for millions of veterans and survivors.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Deborah J. Mazzarella, PsyD, ABCP, is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 30 years of experience, including work with active duty military and within the Department of ...

A long‑stalled proposal to change how certain disabled military retirees receive their benefits is gaining new momentum after the Trump administration publicly backed the legislation. The proposal, ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs is pulling back on a new policy announced this week that would have changed how it determines disability benefits. KPBS military and veterans reporter Andrew Dyer ...

When a veteran or their family receives a VA decision it arrives as a simple percentage printed on a document. It’s no more dramatic than that. The number doesn’t change when the family feels the pain ...

These benefits reflect "how seriously the country takes the long-term cost of military service," Thompson told Newsweek.

The bill was introduced on May 11 by Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas and would increase compensation rates for veterans with ...