After the VA calculates your combined percentage, it rounds the result to the nearest 10 percent. Five rounds up, four rounds ...

Veterans Affairs department officials said Monday they have launched a study to determine how removing race from widely used lung function tests may affect disability benefits for veterans, and they ...

Following bipartisan outcry, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs last week backpedaled on a change in how it calculates benefits for those who are disabled because of their military service.

WASHINGTON — A federal watchdog warned lawmakers that the Department of Veterans Affairs needs to fully revise the 80-year-old criteria for awarding disability payments or risk miscalculating benefits ...