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Veterans are getting record PTSD benefits after major VA updates

Veterans living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may qualify for disability compensation from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VA’s disability rating system evaluates the ...
San Francisco Examiner

How VA Disability Ratings Don’t Reflect the True Impact of Medical Conditions

When a veteran or their family receives a VA decision it arrives as a simple percentage printed on a document. It’s no more dramatic than that. The number doesn’t change when the family feels the pain ...
Military Times

VA to consider medical management of symptoms in determining disability ratings

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 ...
techtimes

REE Medical Talks Top 7 Most Costly VA Claim Mistakes—and the Medical Evidence Fixes That Prevent Denials

Filing for VA disability compensation should be straightforward: you served, something happened to your health, and you earned support. But most veterans know the process rarely feels simple. Between ...
Stars and Stripes

VA awards disability benefits using criteria from 80 years ago, federal watchdog finds

WASHINGTON — A federal watchdog warned lawmakers that the Department of Veterans Affairs needs to fully revise the 80-year-old criteria for awarding disability payments or risk miscalculating benefits ...