Many applicants are denied disability benefits the first time. Marc Whitehead, disability attorney, explains how to avoid ...

Disability can blindside you at any age. A 22-year-old barista with long Covid, a 40-year-old warehouse worker with a wrecked back, a 68-year-old cancer survivor who can’t keep up full-time hours ...

A House bill that would require people convicted in death-penalty cases to submit evidence of an IQ below 75 to claim an intellectual disability defense advanced in a committee last week after ...

The Department of Veteran Affairs headquarters in Washington, D.C., is shown in April 2016. (Alan Lessig/Staff) About 32,000 veterans’ disability claims were delayed — some as long as five years — due ...

Across Ontario and beyond, more people are facing disability claim denials from their insurance providers. For individuals already coping with serious health challenges, these refusals add another ...

The attorneys at Robert Peirce & Associates have been helping individuals that can no longer work, due to an injury or chronic illness, since the firm was established. Bob Peirce, founder of the firm, ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has set a record in 2026 by processing 1 million disability claims faster than ever, reducing average completion time from 141.5 days to 80.7 days. Accuracy improved ...

The seal on the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington, D.C. is shown in June 2013. (Charles Dharapak/AP) The backlog of veterans first-time disability claims in coming ...

More than a million Americans sidelined from work by illness or injury face longer waits for help, a Scripps News investigation has found. Since his first job as a 14-year-old washing dishes in the ...

Jim Peckey, a former U.S. Navy petty officer now living in Abilene, holds a plaque honoring his service. (Ronald W. Erdrich For The Texas Tribune, Ronald W. Erdrich For The Texas Tribune) Sign up for ...