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 ...

Now, we’re taking a deeper look at what the Major Richard Star Act would do, why it hasn’t passed, and where Maryland lawmakers stand.

A federal lawsuit is challenging a Department of Veterans Affairs rule that requires disability ratings to reflect how well veterans function on medication rather than the severity of their underlying ...

Under a new rule, the Department of Veterans Affairs will lower veterans’ disability pay if medication improves their ...

Military retirement pay increase 2026: Military retirees will see a 2.8% increase in their 2026 retirement pay, matching the annual Cost-of-Living Adjustment applied to Social Security and VA ...

Veterans groups said the rule is an “abrupt shift” and was “issued in a closed and unnecessarily expedited process.” ...

The new rule states that a disability level must be based on how well a veteran functions while on medication and not on the ...

Members of Congress are trying again to pass legislation that would give medically retired service members full access to both their military retirement pay and disability compensation from the ...

Compensation for military personnel is found in both the defense and nondefense parts of the federal budget. Defense funding, in the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) budget, is mostly for current ...