I am writing about the Veterans Affairs interim final rule RIN 2900-AS49, effective Feb. 17, which requires that a disability rating be based on a veteran’s actual, medicated or treated functional ...

A policy requiring VA medical examiners to include effects of medication in assigning disability ratings is expected to be ...

Veterans will have their disability compensation evaluated based on whether their prescribed medication or treatment improves their illness or injury, according to a new federal rule. The Department ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's effective immediately but public comments are now open. On Feb. 17, the Department of Veterans Affairs published an interim ...

An optometrist provides an eye exam to a VA beneficiary in 2022 at Fort Meade, Maryland. (Michelle Gonzalez/U.S. Army) Veterans Affairs medical examiners are now required to consider the effects of ...

Treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) goes beyond improving sleep quality. “Obstructive sleep apnea is not just about snoring or feeling tired — it is very much a brain condition,” says Joanna ...

In less than 90 minutes, a new, less invasive electrical stimulation technique has been found to improve breathing in people with sleep apnea. The technique, which involves percutaneous hypoglossal ...

Bruxism manifests as two distinct circadian rhythms: sleep bruxism and awake bruxism. Obstructive sleep apnea serves as a significant biological trigger for nocturnal grinding. Chronic untreated ...

For nearly 30 years, I have worked inside the Department of Veterans Affairs adjudicating disability claims for veterans and their families. For more than 13 of those years, I have also served as an ...

Right now, nearly 1 in 3 initial VA disability claims are denied. We built VABN University to be the West Point of the VA disability claims community—a place where veterans learn the rules, the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A higher proportion of adults with insomnia and sleep apnea had uncontrolled hypertension vs. those with only ...

A veteran rated 100% disabled by the Department of Veterans receives $3,831.00 per month as of December 2025. Over the course of a year, that's $45,972. The IRS doesn't tax a penny of it. VA ...