If you're filing a VA disability claim in 2026, you're entering a system that's both more digital and more competitive than ever. With an average processing time of 125 days and a 67% initial denial ...

The VA has been developing AI systems to help claims processors sift through the evidence that veterans submit for their disability claims.

The 2025 National Veterans Golden Age Games took place May 31-June 5, 2025, in Memphis, Tennessee. (Department of Veterans Affairs) The Department of Veterans Affairs processed over 2 million ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has pushed its backlog of disability compensation and pension benefit claims consistently below 100,000 for the first time since 2020. VA said it has cut the backlog ...

This June 21, 2013, file photo shows the seal affixed to the front of the Veterans Affairs Department building in Washington. (Charles Dharapak/AP File Photo) The Department of Veterans Affairs says ...

The VA disability claims system can feel less like a support structure and more like an obstacle course. Here’s what to do in ...

WASHINGTON — In January 2025, more than 264,000 veterans were awaiting decisions on disability claims pending before the Department of Veterans Affairs. Now, that backlog of claims has dropped ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The Department of Veterans Affairs has already been using some artificial intelligence tools to better process benefits claims, with the ...

More than a decade ago, the Department of Veterans Affairs faced national furor because thousands of claims for monthly disability benefits were waiting years for adjudication. Now the VA reports a ...

THE VA. BRIANNA ROSS SHARES THEIR STORY OUTSIDE OF LOUIS MARTINEZ JUNIOR. SOUTH BALTIMORE HOME, YOU’LL FIND SYMBOLS OF HIS SERVICE IN THE MARINE CORPS AND HIS PRESENCE AT CAMP LEJEUNE. INSIDE THE HOME ...