VA Claims and Appeals

The department has found problems with 900 PACT Act appeals filings and more than 56,000 dependency status updates.

The VA expects its disability claims backlog to spike in the coming year but has a goal to reduce it to 100,000 by 2025.

In addition to the filings, allowed since Congress passed the PACT Act last summer, the department has screened more than 3...

A new team will explore conditions that have caused minority veterans to receive disability benefits at lower rates than...

VA medical patients who have gone to a non-VA emergency room since 2010 can get their out-of-pocket coinsurance costs...

The decision spares the VA from paying 30 years worth of compensation to a Navy veteran, as well as potential claims by...

The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of the Inspector General estimated processors did not follow procedures in 68% of...

Frequently Asked Questions about the VA appeals process

In a pilot test of the system, which uses algorithms to assess data followed by a personal review, decisions were rendered in...

A new hotline and a more comprehensive, comparative claims processing system are among the efforts to assist Gulf War and...