A Veterans Administration rule that could have reduced benefits for veterans whose symptoms improve on medication has been ...
The VA has backed off a rule that could have stripped disability benefits from veterans whose medications keep their symptoms under control — but it hasn’t been erased.
The VA paused a rule that bases compensation on how a veteran does on medication and not on the injury or illness, but it ...
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.
Members of Congress pressed the Department of Veterans Affairs to officially rescind a controversial new rule on the assessment of disability ratings after VA Secretary Doug Collins pledged that the ...
The Department of Veterans Affairs is halting enforcement of a new rule for determining disability payments after veterans across the US expressed outrage for what they said would likely reduce ...
This is why Ingram mattered. It recognized that improvement through treatment should not cancel out evidence of injury.
The VA implemented a new rule that disability levels will be based on how well veterans function while on medication.
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 ...
If a medication or treatment lowers a veteran's disability level, the rating will be based on the lower level, according to a ...
Too many veterans miss out on life-changing disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) because of misinformation, outdated assumptions, or a simple reluctance to ask for help. At ...