There are a lot of fee-based scam artists, but the court’s ruling means that I couldn’t start a small practice to help families navigate their claims.
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to hold fairness hearing on proposed class settlement over computer error denying disability claims.
Floyd D. Johnson claims that his constitutional rights were violated when the VA reduced his disability rating from 80% to 10%.
Between 2017 and 2021, Jerry Smith collected $244,953.70 in VA disability compensation and benefits after pretending to have extremely low vision.
The Christoforos are challenging a law that restricts VA benefits to children with birth defects connected to a parent’s Agent Orange exposure.
The VA, however, will still deploy a “data collection tool,” still in development, to look for false or exaggerated evidence in newly submitted DBQs.
A Federal Register notice says the VA is rescinding a final interim rule and restoring the standard for calculating veterans disability ratings.
The lawsuit argues that the rule on disability ratings was implemented without proper notice or prior public comment period.
Democrats are pressing Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins to abandon a policy that could recalibrate disability ratings for some veterans' disability medication.
The VA paused a rule that bases compensation on how a veteran does on medication and not on the injury or illness, but it still faces backlash.