Live data, from the primary record.
Live figures from the primary record, each showing the date it was last refreshed.
The claims system
How VA's workload is actually moving, from the agency's own published reports.
Every claims statistic the Desk tracks, organized on one page with its source.
Backlog, pending inventory, and processing time on one page.
Updated September 26, 2026The backlog charted week by week from VA's Monday workload reports.
Updated September 26, 2026The quarter's claims data, frozen and citable.
The annual flagship report on how the claims system performed.
Published grant and denial statistics by condition and claim type.
Monthly volumes, grant rates, and speed in VA's automated pension pipeline, from FOIA records.
Updated August 18, 2026Money and rates
What VA pays, when it pays, and where the next increase stands.
The next COLA as it takes shape, from official inflation data.
Updated October 9, 2026Every deposit date this year, including the months that pay early.
Updated October 9, 2026Official compensation rate tables for every year.
Every rule and rate change of the year, on one page.
Rules and oversight
The regulations, forms, court decisions, and watchdog findings that shape claims.
Every open comment window, deadline, and pending rule on one page, with live participation counts.
The permanent record of VA automation systems, the records obtained about them, and dated findings.
Survivors Pension and DIC outcomes, open dockets, and paperwork renewals, watched on one page.
Every VA rule moving through the Federal Register, with comment windows and effective dates.
Updated October 9, 2026VA rules at the White House review desk, before they publish anywhere.
Updated October 9, 2026Every VA rule plan since 2018, edition by edition, with slipped dates flagged.
Updated October 9, 2026What official VA pages said on past dates, capture by capture.
Updated October 7, 2026Current form versions checked against VA's official catalog.
Updated October 2, 2026Every decision filed by the Veterans Court, logged with dates and links.
Updated October 2, 2026Watchdog reports about VA, digested into summaries veterans can use.
When VA closes a request by pointing to its website, this tally shows whether the cited source actually held the records.
A preserved record of official VA and CFR text changes over time.
When states expand or cut veteran benefits, with a source for each entry.
Briefs and archives
The same data, digested on a schedule you can follow.
The weekly brief on what moved: backlog, rules, payment dates, and COLA.
Updated October 9, 2026Every month's changes, archived and dated.
Conditions VA rewrote, with the old and new criteria side by side.
Presumptives, deadlines, and claims under the PACT Act.
The most searched VA disability questions, answered with sources.
State observatories
Standing research verticals on how state and federal benefits meet.
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Looking for the analysis behind the numbers?
The research desk publishes original reports built on this data and on records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, each with its underlying dataset or source ledger and methodology.