NPR has been following the money behind veterans' disability claims — specifically, for-profit companies that help vets navigate the VA's red tape. Critics of the companies call them "claim sharks." ...
The Department of Veterans Affairs says it has processed more disability claims this fiscal year than last, exceeding 2024's record-breaking amount by nearly 6,600. As of mid-August, VA claims ...
For decades, veterans have waited months, sometimes years, for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to process disability claims. The backlog has been infamous, with hundreds of thousands of ...
One VA staffer rubber-stamped benefits at 20 times the normal rate. That could be bad news for vets.
The Department of Veterans Affairs now has an enormous amount of paperwork to correct after a staffer “blindly” approved thousands of disability claims without properly reviewing them for close to two ...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims denied a request from Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins to pause its work on veterans' claims appeals during the government shutdown. Here, he's ...
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