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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Department of Veterans Affairs facilities will resume in-person disability and compensation exams at 20 locations in the coming ...

In moving to require a high school exit exam for students with disabilities, California’s board of education has decided against the creation of an alternate assessment—a route chosen by some other ...

We are here today to speak on VBA's Contract Medical Disability Examination (MDE) Program. Accompanying me is Beth Murphy, Executive Director of Compensation Service, Mary Glenn, Deputy Director of ...

Veterans across America are being failed by the system that conducts the medical exams which determine their disability benefits, a Congressional subcommittee has heard. Lawmakers at the Disability ...

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 ...

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 ...

About 1% of all disability claims are selected for a quality assurance review, which is a procedure that the Social Security Administration initiates to ...

Most employers are aware that, under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disability-related inquiries and medical examinations of employees may only be required when such inquiries and ...

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, ...

EXCLUSIVE – The Social Security Administration on Monday unveiled new improvements to its disability adjudication process. The SSA said recent upgrades have reduced the backlog in its pending ...