Criteria the VA developed in 1945 do not align with modern medicine, employment and the impact of disabilities on a veteran’s ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Problems with the privately contracted disability exams veterans undergo to determine their benefits were the focus of a House Veterans’ Affairs subcommittee hearing Thursday that ...

VA's Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) may require veterans filing disability claims to undergo medical exams to help determine eligibility. VBA relies on contractors to provide medical ...

Congress first allowed the VA to use contractors, rather than VA physicians, for C&P exams in a limited capacity in 1996, and the scope of the privatization has significantly expanded in recent years.

House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Chair Elaine Luria (VA-02) today led an oversight hearing on VA’s contract exam process, specifically emphasizing its ...

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 ...

A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized disability benefits exams after receiving what she described as "disturbing reports ...