The Department of Veterans Affairs processed over 2 million disability claims in 2025, breaking records for speed. Average processing time dropped to 132 days, down from 141 days at the start of the ...

According to the VA, recent improvements have sharply reduced wait times.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of veterans file disability claims with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and every year, a significant number wait months or even years for a decision. The VA ...

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WASHINGTON — Advocacy groups that help veterans file disability claims for free with the Department of Veterans Affairs are opposing a Republican-led bill that would enable commercial companies to ...

WASHINGTON — Veterans advocates and Democratic lawmakers slammed a recent newspaper report critical of the disability benefits system run by the Department of Veterans Affairs for “cherry-picking ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs now has an enormous amount of paperwork to correct after a staffer “blindly” approved thousands of disability claims without properly reviewing them for close to two ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Veterans may be eligible to file a disability claim with the Veterans Administration based on exposure to Agent Orange or other herbicides in a wider range of locations, ...

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The Department of Veterans Affairs is developing a tool that will analyze veterans' disability claims applications for fraud - a program VA officials say could identify providers or companies that ...