Your healthcare provider will ask you a few questions about your sexual, medical, and family history and then perform a basic physical exam to check your overall health. For example, they will take ...

In moving to require a high school exit exam for students with disabilities, California’s board of education has decided against the creation of an alternate assessment—a route chosen by some other ...

Hundreds of veterans are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with disabilities that make it hard or impossible for them to get a job. Many are eligible for disability benefits, but with a wait time ...

Recently, veterans have asked me about about the reduction of their disability compensation ratings. The following information may help: Review examinations are requested by the Department of Veterans ...

Three government medical assessments of a candidate, conflicting findings and a Supreme Court ruling have put the spotlight ...

Processing claims for veterans disability compensation, including determining the ratings, is the responsibility of the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), one of the three major organizations ...