Injured Soldiers dread the uncertainty. Am I medically fit to stay in the Army? If I get out, what disability do I qualify for? What if I don't want my career to end? A few years ago, these questions ...

Department of Veterans Affairs facilities will resume in-person disability and compensation exams at 20 locations in the coming weeks, an effort to address a backlog that has nearly doubled since the ...

Hundreds of veterans are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with disabilities that make it hard or impossible for them to get a job. Many are eligible for disability benefits, but with a wait time ...

Veterans wait outside the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Medical Center in Seattle on March 30, 2015. The site is one of 20 reopening for some compensation and pension exams in coming days. (Elaine ...

Hundreds of thousands of veterans are stuck in limbo in regards to their disability compensation because the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has delayed compensation and pension (C&P) exams, ...

Nowadays, about 90% of all VA disability exams are done by contractors. While the goal of allowing contractors to do the exams was to alleviate the VA's workload and the disability claims backlog, ...

Michael Begnaud of Liberty felt confident that the medical exam he needed to help prove he was disabled would go his way. His swollen hands, inflamed with gout, so pained him he wore braces on his ...

Higher education’s maximally inclusive approach to disability is resulting in a two-speed student population and ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Sen. Jon Tester stopped in Missoula Friday to mark the grand opening of Montana’s first designated clinic for veteran disability exams. The facility will provide up to 500 exams per ...

Disability Services will be providing more exam assistance services for students before the next round of midterms and finals. In an email sent on Nov. 1, Disability Services notified students ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 28.7% of U.S. adults have a disability, but on these ...