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 ...

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, ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Judge David O. Carter tours the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs campus in August, 2024. The Department of Veterans Affairs must build hundreds of new housing units on its massive West Los Angeles ...

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.

A panel of judges rejected a request by Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins to suspend operations at the court that reviews disability compensation appeals for veterans during the ongoing federal ...

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has said it plans to appeal a federal judge's decision to have the department foot the bill for building emergency veteran housing at the West L.A. campus. Brad ...