Thomas Burns, PA

07/27/2026

255 characters? This is getting out of hand

07/16/2026

05/31/2026

Brooke keeping the yard safe.

03/17/2026

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2026-03-16/va-drops-plan-to-scan-old-claims-21089238.html

The VA, however, will still deploy a “data collection tool,” still in development, to look for false or exaggerated evidence in newly submitted DBQs.

03/16/2026

https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/va-disability-benefits-fraud-tool/

The VA is planning to use an automated tool to scan disability claims documents to combat fraud. Veteran reactions have been mixed.

03/12/2026

Finally class certified

Case Home: JENNIFER FORD et al. v. VETERANS GUARDIAN VA CLAIM CONSULTING, LLC.

02/20/2026

BA to halt medication rule

02/20/2026

These two sentences are what all the hullabaloo is about.

“To ensure that disability evaluations are based on the actual level of functional impairment under the ordinary conditions of daily life, the medical examiner will not estimate or discount improvements to the disability due to the effects of medication or treatment, whether or not medication or treatment is included within specific rating criteria. If medication or treatment lowers the level of disability, the rating will be based on that lowered disability level.”

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends 38 CFR 4.10 within the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD). This amendment clarifies VA's longstanding interpretation of Sec. 4.10 and, in doing so, amends the text to correct judicial interpretations that VA has concluded misconstrue the...

02/19/2026

https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-undoes-decades-old-wrong-and-protects-veterans-second-amendment-rights/

Effective immediately, VA will not report Veterans to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System as “prohibited persons” only because they need help from a fiduciary in managing their VA benefits.

02/10/2026

The VA is going after fraudsters