The Department of Veterans Affairs is halting enforcement of a new rule for determining disability payments after veterans ...

The VA implemented a new rule that disability levels will be based on how well veterans function while on medication.

First, the VA can now take medication into account when rating a disability. For example, tinnitus, or ear ringing, is one of ...

VA disability compensation is paid to veterans whose injuries or illnesses were caused or worsened by military service.

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The VA now requires disability ratings to reflect a veteran’s condition as it appears while medicated, rather than estimating ...

Veterans groups had warned that the change would have disadvantaged veterans who need medication.

Justin C. Frankel, P.C., represented a client with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia whose long-term disability benefits ...

If a medication or treatment lowers a veteran's disability level, the rating will be based on the lower level, according to a ...

The Trump administration is preparing a plan that will make it harder for older Americans to qualify for Social Security disability payments, part of an overhaul of the federal safety net for poor, ...

There’s also a five-month elimination period before Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits begin. That means ...

Veterans are pushing for Congress to take up a bill that would give injured veterans full retirement pay and disability ...