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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — If there's one thing veterans know about, it's waiting. And now, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, they've had to wait some more. The Department of Veterans Affairs backlog on crucial ...

'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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ST PAUL, Minn — “I was told I needed to go into New York City next week to get an in-person benefits exam,” said a 30-year-old Stamford, Connecticut Army Veteran. “I said, ‘I can’t do that for obvious ...

KIHEI – When Vic Pugh finished his compensation and pension exam, he said he felt “dismissed” by physicians contracted by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. “This is a process that is going to ...