Veterans and advocates are struggling to understand the ramifications of a new federal rule, under which the Department of Veterans Affairs will consider the effectiveness of medications when ...

Editor's note: Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins announced Feb. 19 that the VA “is halting the enforcement of the interim final rule,” Collins said in a post on X. “VA issued the ...

VA Secretary Doug Collins attends a Purple Heart Day event in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Aug. 7, 2025. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images) The Department of Veterans Affairs ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has reversed course on a controversial new rule that could lower veterans’ disability ratings if medications or treatment reduce the daily effects of ...

WASHINGTON — Veterans and their advocates slammed a new rule by the Department of Veterans Affairs for determining disability compensation, predicting it will lower their payments for service-related ...

An optometrist provides an eye exam to a VA beneficiary in 2022 at Fort Meade, Maryland. (Michelle Gonzalez/U.S. Army) Veterans Affairs medical examiners are now required to consider the effects of ...

The VA is halting enforcement of a new rule that would have based veterans' disability ratings on how well their medication ...

A new VA rule change has some veterans up in arms over how their disability compensation will now be calculated. The Department of Veterans Affairs implemented a new rule that stipulates that ...

A Vietnam veteran and several law firms have filed suit over a new VA ruling that requires medical examiners to factor in the effects of medication on a service-connected condition when determining a ...

The VA is halting enforcement of a new rule that would have based veterans' disability ratings on how well their medication works — not their underlying condition.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is walking back a new rule that would have changed how disability payments are determined. It came after widespread outrage from multiple veterans groups. John ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new federal policy for veterans is on hold after thousands slammed the proposal online.