At the community session on Friday, Feb. 27,2026, to meet the second Western New Mexico University president candidate, Carlos Romero, Regent Dean Reed again reminded people of the QR code on the ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) says the last member of a family that operated a years-long Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability scheme has been sentenced to prison. The VA Office of the ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that the backlog of VA disability compensation and pension benefit claims is "consistently" under 100,000 for the first time since 2020. The last time the ...

Members of Congress pressed the Department of Veterans Affairs to officially rescind a controversial new rule on the assessment of disability ratings after VA Secretary Doug Collins pledged that the ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs is formally rescinding a rule that would have impacted how the agency evaluates disability benefits, after a week of outcry from veterans groups, according to a ...

The Trump administration is facing pressure to repeal a newly proposed rule that would impact veterans' disability benefits. More than 18,500 veterans sent in comments regarding the new Veterans ...

A top Department of Veterans Affairs official said the VA has no plans to implement a new rule that veterans advocates fiercely resisted when it was announced last week. “Our intentions were to put ...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Deborah J. Mazzarella, PsyD, ABCP, is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 30 years of experience, including work with active duty military and within the Department of ...

Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., speaks at a 2024 rally supporting the Major Richard Star Act. Bilirakis and other House and Senate members are pushing for Congress to approve the measure this year. (Leo ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs is pulling back on a new policy announced this week that would have changed how it determines disability benefits. KPBS military and veterans reporter Andrew Dyer ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has halted plans to enforce a controversial rule that would have cut disability compensation for veterans making claims. The decision follows a backlash from ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was published prior to the Department of Veterans Affairs rescinding the rule on Feb. 26. A federal lawsuit is challenging a Department of Veterans Affairs rule that requires ...