Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is a slowly progressive muscle-wasting disease that typically starts with weakness in the hands ...

An Oregon veteran's 16-year fight with the VA over benefits for inclusion body myositis, or IBM, is part of a growing ...

The tax-free benefit supports about 6.5 million veterans whose health conditions are connected to their military service.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced major gains this week in the processing of disability claims and survivor ...

A Military.com reader recently wrote in describing a situation that thousands of veterans share: He left the Marine Corps in 2009 under high year tenure, received about $44,000 in separation pay ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., speaks at a 2024 rally supporting the Major Richard Star Act. Bilirakis and other House and Senate ...

Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., speaks at a 2024 rally supporting the Major Richard Star Act. Bilirakis and other House and Senate members are pushing for Congress to approve the measure this year. (Leo ...

I am writing about the Veterans Affairs interim final rule RIN 2900-AS49, effective Feb. 17, which requires that a disability rating be based on a veteran’s actual, medicated or treated functional ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that the backlog of VA disability compensation and pension benefit claims is "consistently" under 100,000 for the first time since 2020. The last time the ...

Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence provided an update on what veterans can expect regarding a previously proposed rule change to their disability benefits, telling reporters on Sunday ...

When the Department of Veterans Affairs quietly published a new disability rating rule on February 17, 2026, it almost certainly did not anticipate what came next. Within 48 hours, a lawsuit had been ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs is pulling back on a new policy announced this week that would have changed how it determines disability benefits. KPBS military and veterans reporter Andrew Dyer ...