The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will soon be resuming medical examinations for disability compensation benefits at select locations across the country, VA officials announced today. Both ...

This map from the Department of Veterans Affairs shows (in green) more than 34,000 zip codes where Compensation and Pension exams have resumed following restrictions put in place at the start of the ...

WASHINGTON — The coronavirus pandemic has caused a major backlog at the Department of Veterans Affairs, especially when it comes to rendering decisions on veterans' disability claims. Advocacy groups ...

William Howart, a medical instrument technologist, performs an ultrasound examination on the neck of a patient on Feb. 27, 2016, at the VA Hudson Valley Health Care System in New York. (Barb ...

When you apply for VA disability benefits, you may be asked to attend what's called a VA claim exam, also known as a compensation and pension (C&P) exam. This isn't a routine medical appointment, ...

May 29 (UPI) --The Department of Veterans Affairs, with a backlog of 114,000 cases, announced that it will resume in-person disability examinations at some VA medical centers. Although examinations ...

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 ...

'We have not heard how you intend to ensure sanitation measures, supply PPE to veterans and providers, and manage the growing backlog.' By David Roza Published Jun 16, 2020 1:16 PM EDT House lawmakers ...

In a letter to VA Secretary Denis McDonough, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., pushed for answers by May 14 to an array of questions about VA compensation and pension exams done by private contractors ...

Citing “an extremely tight budget this fiscal year,” officials with the Department of Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System said the VA clinic at Fort George G. Meade will significantly reduce ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC) -- Veterans in our area have been seen by unqualified medical personnel, and are not getting the benefits they deserve because of it. For the very first time, we have concrete ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System said last week it plans to keep the majority of compensation and pension exams at Fort George G. Meade’s VA clinic. This comes after ...