A federal court has ruled that caregivers of injured or ill veterans denied financial support and services from the Department of Veterans Affairs can appeal the VA decision to a benefits board, a ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The United States promised to take care of its military members when they returned home from war, but the government is failing to live up to its end of the bargain, as up to as many ...

A “tsunami” of appeals on veterans’ disability claims is looming, as the Department of Veterans Affairs’ progress in reducing its backlog of claims is coming at the expense of resolving older appeals, ...

New legislation introduced Wednesday seeks to bring more accountability to the Veterans Affairs Department’s office tasked with ultimately adjudicating benefits claims decisions. The Veterans Claims ...

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has said it will appeal Judge David O. Carter's decision to have the department foot the bill for the building of emergency veteran housing at the West L.A.

WASHINGTON — The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee presented bipartisan legislation to better veteran's experience when going through the claims and appeals process with the Department of Veterans ...

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff has launched an inquiry with the Department of Veterans Affairs into the “unacceptable” delays Georgia veterans are facing on decisions for pending benefits claims. In a letter to ...

A pair of bills that aim to ease the lengthy appeals process for disability claims with the Department of Veterans Affairs would keep the same judge on cases, track delays on pending claims and ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Sarasota World War II veteran died while waiting for an appeal on a pension decision, but now his daughter is pushing for officials with the Department of Veterans Affairs to ...

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