Claims & Appeals
VA has processed more than one million Veteran benefit claims in fiscal year 2024, the fastest rate in VA history
The Department of Veterans Affairs has processed its one millionth Veteran benefits claim in fiscal year 2024.
Category: Disabled Vets
Disabled Vets
Persons with a Disability: Labor Force Characteristics News Release — 2024-02-22T10:00:00-05:00
In 2023, 22.5 percent of people with a disability were employed, compared with 65.8 percent of those without a disability. The unemployment rate for people with a disability (7.2 percent) was little changed in 2023. The rate for people without a disability (3.5 percent) was unchanged.
Claims & Appeals
Navy Physical Evaluation Board Discharge Claims Readjudication
On Sept. 27, 2022, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia determined Veterans of the United States Navy and Marine Corps whose final Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) occurred between Sept. 12, 2016, and June 11, 2018, and who did not receive a medical retirement through the Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES), may…
Disabled Vets
Persons with a Disability: Labor Force Characteristics News Release — 2023-02-23T10:00:00-05:00
In 2022, 21.3 percent of persons with a disability were employed, compared with 65.4 percent of those without a disability. The unemployment rates for persons with a disability (7.6 percent) and persons without a disability (3.5 percent) both declined in 2022.
Disabled Vets
Persons with a Disability: Labor Force Characteristics News Release — 2022-02-24T10:00:00-05:00
In 2021, 19.1 percent of persons with a disability were employed, compared with 63.7 percent of those without a disability. The unemployment rates for persons with and without a disability both declined from 2020 to 2021, to 10.1 percent and 5.1 percent, respectively.
Disabled Vets
Unemployment rate for persons with a disability increases to 12.6% in 2020 — 2021-02-24T10:00:00-05:00
In 2020, 17.9 percent of persons with a disability were employed, compared with 61.8 percent of those without a disability. The unemployment rates for persons with and without a disability both increased from 2019 to 2020, to 12.6 percent and 7.9 percent, respectively.
Disabled Vets
Unemployment rate for persons with a disability declines to 7.3% in 2019 — 2020-02-26T14:20:30+00:00
In 2019, 19.3 percent of persons with a disability were employed, compared with 66.3 percent of those without a disability. The unemployment rates for persons with and without a disability declined from the previous year to 7.3 percent and 3.5 percent, respectively.
Disabled Vets
Unemployment rate for persons with a disability declines to 8.0% in 2018 — 2019-02-26T14:13:56+00:00
In 2018, 19.1 percent of persons with a disability were employed, compared with 65.9 percent of those with no disability. The unemployment rates for both persons with and without a disability declined from 2017.
Disabled Vets
Unemployment rate for persons with a disability declines to 9.2% in 2017 — 2018-06-21T13:12:52+00:00
In 2017, 18.7 percent of persons with a disability were employed, compared with 65.7 percent of those with no disability. The unemployment rate for persons with a disability was 9.2 percent, compared with 4.2 percent for those with no disability.
Disabled Vets
Unemployment rate for persons with a disability, at 10.5%, changed little in 2016 — 2017-06-21T13:22:33+00:00
In 2016, 17.9 percent of persons with a disability were employed, compared with 65.3 percent of those with no disability. The unemployment rate for persons with a disability was 10.5 percent, compared with 4.6 percent for those with no disability.
Disabled Vets
Unemployment rate for persons with a disability declines to 10.7% in 2015 — 2016-06-21T14:00:33+00:00
In 2015, 17.5 percent of persons with a disability were employed, compared with 65.0 percent of those with no disability. The unemployment rate for persons with a disability fell to 10.7 percent. The rate for those with no disability declined to 5.1 percent.
Disabled Vets
Unemployment rate for persons with a disability, at 12.5%, edges down in 2014 — 2015-06-16T14:01:34+00:00
In 2014, 17.1 percent of persons with a disability were employed, compared with 64.6 percent for those with no disability. The unemployment rate for persons with a disability was 12.5 percent, while the rate for those with no disability was 5.9 percent.