The department is planning to broaden its machine learning-powered Automated Decision Support tool to cover more types of claims.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has introduced a new online tool designed to make it easier for veterans to respond when more information is needed to process a ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs says it has processed more disability claims this fiscal year than last, exceeding 2024's record-breaking amount by nearly 6,600. As of mid-August, VA claims ...

WASHINGTON — Advocacy groups that help veterans file disability claims for free with the Department of Veterans Affairs are opposing a Republican-led bill that would enable commercial companies to ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that the backlog of VA disability compensation and pension benefit claims is "consistently" under 100,000 for the first time since 2020. The last time the ...

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court overturned a veterans’ court decision that allowed the Department of Veterans Affairs to deny claims without issuing a formal notice to the veteran. A three-judge ...

Right now, nearly 1 in 3 initial VA disability claims are denied. We built VABN University to be the West Point of the VA disability claims community—a place where veterans learn the rules, the ...

A Veterans Affairs staffer “blindly” approved thousands of disability benefits claims over at least a three-year period, resulting in millions of dollars of improper payments, according to a VA ...