Between October 2023 and 2024, 8,937 appeals were filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. The median time to receive a decision was 222 days, or 7.4 months.

November is right around the corner, and the VA pays out monthly benefits to millions of veterans. Find out when to expect this month's VA benefit payments.

VA Disability are usually paid at the end of each month. But as the usual payment date, which would be November 30, falls on ...

Post investigation finds VA’s $193 billion disability program has turned into a rich target for fraudsters. Some fake ...

This story is sponsored by TaylorMed MRI. Back pain is one of the most common health complaints in the U.S. According to research from PubMed Central, lower back pain affects about 84% of people at ...

President Donald Trump is considering not giving back pay to all federal employees once the government shutdown ends, suggesting it could depend on the worker in the GOP’s latest attempt to force ...

I always knew that back pain was something a lot of people struggled with, but I never understood just how debilitating it could be—until I developed it myself. I was six months postpartum the first ...

U.S. servicemembers who sustain injuries while putting their lives on the line for our country deserve generous treatment from the government. No veteran with a legitimate service-related injury ...

With nearly a quarter of all adults experiencing chronic back pain, many Americans are now seeking alternatives to opioids for meaningful relief. A recent study, BackInAction, shows that manual ...

Whether it’s a dull, underlying ache in your spine or a piercing stab, chronic back pain affects roughly 1 in 4 Americans. UC San Francisco’s Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, Ph.D, neurologist and pain medicine ...