Criteria the VA developed in 1945 do not align with modern medicine, employment and the impact of disabilities on a veteran’s ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs says it’s making major strides in speeding up disability claims, reducing backlogs, and expanding access to health care nationwide.

About 32,000 veterans’ disability claims were delayed — some as long as five years — due to a technical flaw in federal filing systems, Veterans Affairs officials acknowledged this week. The total ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jim Peckey, a former U.S. Navy petty officer now living in Abilene, holds a plaque honoring his service. Credit: Ronald W. Erdrich ...

Right now, nearly 1 in 3 initial VA disability claims are denied. We built VABN University to be the West Point of the ...

The Social Security Administration has expanded its expedited disability claims process to 300 conditions, adding 13 serious ...

Are you living with a disability and want to file a claim but don’t know how to apply or the claim process? The United States government offers several financial assistance programs, like Social ...

The seal on the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington, D.C. is shown in June 2013. (Charles Dharapak/AP) The backlog of veterans first-time disability claims in coming ...

Justin C. Frankel, P.C., represented a client with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia whose long-term disability benefits ...

Jim Peckey was a young Navy petty officer stationed in Bahrain when the 9/11 attacks happened. As the nation went on a war footing, he suddenly shifted from administrative and IT duties to lugging ...