On Dec. 19, during the end-of-the-year bill signing extravaganza, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed state Sen. Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.'s landmark bill that gives ...

The 4th Circuit ruled an ALJ wrongly discounted a claimant’s fibromyalgia testimony and ordered Social Security benefits ...

Veterans will see a 2.8% increase in disability payments in 2026, but many are asking why the adjustment feels so modest when grocery bills and rents have surged far more than that. The answer lies in ...

WASHINGTON — John Keith Taylor developed dozens of painful tumors on his torso, arms and legs as an aircraft maintenance technician in the Air Force who handled jet fuel, hydraulic fluid and other ...

SAN ANTONIO — A veteran’s suicide in the parking lot of the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital last week — the second at the facility this year — has renewed anger, grief and demands for ...

WASHINGTON — Veterans with painful scars from wounds connected to military service may have a tougher time obtaining disability compensation under a rule change proposed by the Department of Veterans ...

On October 29, a disabled Navy veteran and blogger named Theresa Aldrich, who keeps other former service members informed about developments at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), tuned in to ...

There are two jobs in the U.S. Army with well-earned reputations for causing concussions. One is being a "breacher," blowing down locked doors and barricades. Another is firing the shoulder-mounted ...

LAS VEGAS, Dec. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The VA disability system is collapsing under its own contradictions — and the latest national coverage is finally acknowledging what veterans have said for ...

VA benefits veterans disability compensation payments to spike after 2026 COLA update as the confirmed 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment moves into effect on December 1, 2025. This explainer ...

“Enable: The Disability Podcast” is a new podcast featuring stories of amazing people with disabilities and different abilities. Military veteran Scott Kelly, whose resume went viral on TikTok when it ...

A former employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs has been charged in San Diego federal court with running a criminal scheme in which he allegedly coached veterans on how to fraudulently obtain ...