Department of Veterans Affairs published an interim final rule that changes one deceptively simple question at the heart of ...

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

Under a new rule, the Department of Veterans Affairs will lower veterans’ disability pay if medication improves their ...

A federal rule change could lower disability compensation for millions of veterans, says the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

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 ...

The new rule states that a disability level must be based on how well a veteran functions while on medication and not on the underlying impairment.

VA Disability Rates Calculator — built from 100+ veteran interviews — is now updated with 2026 compensation rates SEATTLE, WA, UNITED STATES, December 27, 2025 ...

Veterans planning their finances for 2026 are paying close attention to updated VA disability compensation rates, especially ...

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

Veterans groups said the rule is an “abrupt shift” and was “issued in a closed and unnecessarily expedited process.” ...

Veterans who rely on disability compensation can expect a meaningful, if modest, lift in their monthly payments in 2026, as benefits are set to rise by 2.8 percent. That adjustment will ripple through ...

Veterans and their families are beginning 2026 with a modest but important increase in monthly benefits, thanks to an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) tied to inflation. Th ...