Why VA pays more in disability for sleep apnea than it does for some lost limbs

VA vowed to modernize its disability benefits system. As criticism from veterans and their advocates has mounted, efforts to ...
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VA to Begin Processing Burn Pit and Related Claims Under Landmark PACT Act on Jan. 1

The Department of Veterans Affairs will start the new year processing nearly one-quarter of a million claims for disability compensation under legislation that expanded coverage for veterans sickened ...
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Disability fraud is a ‘tiny fraction’ of VA claims, advocates say

Veterans advocates and Democrats criticized a Washington Post report saying it cherry-picked cases from millions of rightful ...
Military Times

VA claims backlog improves, but still sits far above pre-pandemic levels

After a spike in backlog numbers in recent years, Veterans Affairs officials have seen a steady decrease in the number of overdue disability claims in their benefits system over the last five months, ...
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VA benefits backlog likely won’t be fixed until late 2022

The National Archives on and Records Administration building in Sand Point, Wash., is shown on Jan. 23, 2020. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times via AP) The number of backlogged veterans disability claims ...
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100,000 veterans who later qualified for VA disability benefits must repay old bonuses for leaving the military early

WASHINGTON — Roughly 100,000 veterans who received bonuses to separate from the military early have been forced to return the money in the last 10 years because they were also receiving disability ...