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

When the Department of Veterans Affairs quietly published a new disability rating rule on February 17, 2026, it almost certainly did not anticipate what came next. Within 48 hours, a lawsuit had been ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Following concerns over a new disability ratings rule, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs revealed it is halting enforcement of the policy. In a statement issued Thursday ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Veterans Affairs has withdrawn a so-called interim rule pertaining to disabled veterans following backlash. The proposed rule would have determined how much a ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Vietnam veteran and several law firms have filed suit over a new VA ruling that requires medical examiners to factor in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Veterans will have their disability compensation evaluated based on whether their prescribed medication or treatment improves their illness or injury, according to a new federal rule. The Department ...

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 ...

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 ...