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VA Rule Change Sparks Outrage Over Medication-Based Disability Ratings
Department of Veterans Affairs changes disability rating criteria to evaluate veterans based on medicated functioning rather than underlying impairment
Department of Veterans Affairs changes disability rating criteria to evaluate veterans based on medicated functioning rather than underlying impairment
Interim final rule takes effect immediately, overriding a decade of court precedent that rated veterans at their unmedicated baseline
From Virginia to Texas, Republicans face a shutout in state legislative races that mirrors the warning signs of 2017
Department targets mostly unfilled doctor, nurse, and support staff roles at chronically understaffed agency serving veterans
The current disability program was designed 80 years ago to provide a safety net for unemployable veterans wounded during World War II.
A Marine veteran’s wife told investigators her disabled husband has had no assigned primary doctor for months.
The agency acted after a court ruling lifted the ban on union contract terminations.
VA Secretary Doug Collins defended the cuts, redirecting $93 million annually toward veterans’ healthcare and services.