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 ...

Tampa, Florida – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently reported that it processed over 2.4 million disability ...

Every veteran who has served our nation deserves the support and care they've earned. Filing for VA disability benefits is a vital step in accessing the resources and assistance needed for a ...

U.S. war veterans filed a class action lawsuit alleging that the help they received to file federal disability benefits is part of an illegal predatory business, according to one of their lawyers. The ...

Conflicts with another application are to blame for the sluggish performance of the Veterans Affairs Department’s $491 million disability claims processing system in December, VA Chief Information ...

Part 2 of 3: What’s the VA doing about the backlog? It’s bad; no one disputes that. Monday, I detailed how the backlog came to be. Today I’ll provide details on the backlog and what VA is doing to ...

FILE – This June 21, 2013, file photo, shows the seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. More than half of all military claims of sexual trauma rejected ...

The backlog of veterans first-time disability claims in coming weeks is expected to surpass 300,000 cases for the first time in almost a decade. But Veterans Affairs leaders insist that the rise isn’t ...