Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is a slowly progressive muscle-wasting disease that typically starts with weakness in the hands and upper legs and often leads to difficulty swallowing. There is no cure, ...

Veterans receiving disability compensation from the US Department of Veterans Affairs are preparing for the May 2026 payment ...

An Oregon veteran's 16-year fight with the VA over benefits for inclusion body myositis, or IBM, is part of a growing ...

If you are a veteran who has never enrolled in Department of Veterans Affairs health care, or who was turned away in the past ...

The tax-free benefit supports about 6.5 million veterans whose health conditions are connected to their military service.

Many victims of military sexual trauma live with the consequences for years or decades before learning that they may be eligible for VA disability compensation and free health care for conditions ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Veterans may be eligible to file a disability claim with the Veterans Administration based on exposure to Agent Orange or other herbicides in a wider range of locations, ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has pushed its backlog of disability compensation and pension benefit claims consistently below 100,000 for the first time since 2020. VA said it has cut the backlog ...

I am writing about the Veterans Affairs interim final rule RIN 2900-AS49, effective Feb. 17, which requires that a disability rating be based on a veteran’s actual, medicated or treated functional ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — A lawsuit filed in federal circuit court challenges an amended rule by the Department of Veterans Affairs mandating that disability ratings be based on how well veterans do on medication ...

VA Secretary Doug Collins promised Thursday that the department would not enforce the controversial rule, but it remains on the books. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images) Veterans and lawmakers want the ...