I'm told sometime in the past month the Office of Management and Budget approved a six-page claim form that veterans use to apply for disability benefits, replacing a 23-page application that was so ...

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 ...

Veterans looking to receive compensation for service-connected disabilities can now use a self-service online tool developed by the U.S. Digital Service team at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The ...

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 ...

The Department of Veteran Affairs headquarters in Washington, D.C., is shown in April 2016. (Alan Lessig/Staff) About 32,000 veterans’ disability claims were delayed — some as long as five years — due ...

Disability can blindside you at any age. A 22-year-old barista with long Covid, a 40-year-old warehouse worker with a wrecked back, a 68-year-old cancer survivor who can’t keep up full-time hours ...

Short-term disability is a type of government-run insurance or employer benefit that gives you income replacement for a temporary period when you are unable to work due to a covered illness, injury, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Improvements to the benefits claims process have cut through the delays and bureaucracy for thousands of Americans with ...