VA Is Rewriting Big Pieces of the Disability Rating Playbook

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Military.com | By Haley Fuller
Published February 19, 2026 at 9:56am ET
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VA is in the middle of a multi-year effort to modernize the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities, the regulatory framework that assigns percentage ratings intended to approximate average impairment post-service, as authorized by statute.

What VA Says It Is Doing, and Where the Answers Live

VA has described the modernization effort as necessary to reflect advances in medical treatment, updated diagnostic standards, and technologies that did not exist when much of the schedule was last revised.

More info at the Link

https://www.military.com/feature/2026/02/15/va-rewriting-big-pieces-of-disability-rating-playbook.html?ESRC=army_260224.nl&utm_medium=email&utm_source=army&utm_campaign=20260224

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1. Collins backed off after a huge backlash

fortunately

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2026-02-19/va-rule-change-evaluative-rating-halted-enforcement-20805900.html

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2. He did and Congress is pressuring Collins to rescind the policy

as opposed to just not enforcing it.