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VA disability updates, month by month.
One page for every month: the rules VA finalized or proposed, regulation text that changed, court filings, form revisions, and the inflation reading that feeds the next pay raise. Each month is built from primary sources and stays up permanently, so you can cite it years from now.
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Every month is a permanent, citable record of what changed, reaching back to the start of the archive in January 2024. Sources: the Federal Register, the eCFR, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, VA workload reports, CourtListener, and the official VA form catalog.
2026
10 months on recordOctober 2026
1 proposed
September 2026
2 proposed
August 2026
2 proposed · 4 court decisions · 5 forms revised · inflation reading
July 2026
2 final rules · 2 proposed · 6 court decisions · 1 form revised · inflation reading
June 2026
2 final rules · 5 proposed · 2 court decisions · 1 form revised · inflation reading
May 2026
4 proposed · 1 court decision · inflation reading
April 2026
2 proposed · 3 court decisions · 1 form revised · inflation reading
March 2026
1 court decision · inflation reading
February 2026
3 final rules · 1 proposed · inflation reading
January 2026
2 final rules · 5 proposed · 2 court decisions · inflation reading
December 2025
2 final rules · 2 court decisions · inflation reading
November 2025
1 final rule · 1 proposed · 3 court decisions · inflation reading
October 2025
1 final rule · 1 proposed · 2 court decisions
September 2025
4 final rules · 2 proposed · 2 court decisions · inflation reading
August 2025
1 proposed · 2 court decisions · inflation reading
July 2025
2 final rules · 2 proposed · 2 court decisions · inflation reading
June 2025
1 final rule · 1 court decision · inflation reading
May 2025
3 court decisions · inflation reading
April 2025
2 court decisions · inflation reading
March 2025
5 court decisions · inflation reading
February 2025
1 court decision · inflation reading
January 2025
4 final rules · 1 proposed · 1 regulation amendment · 2 court decisions · inflation reading
December 2024
1 final rule · 3 proposed · inflation reading
November 2024
2 final rules · 5 proposed · 2 court decisions · inflation reading
October 2024
3 final rules · 3 proposed · inflation reading
September 2024
1 final rule · 2 proposed · 3 court decisions · inflation reading
August 2024
4 final rules · 1 proposed · 3 court decisions · inflation reading
July 2024
2 final rules · 2 proposed · 5 court decisions · 1 form revised · inflation reading
June 2024
4 final rules · 1 proposed · 2 court decisions · 23 forms revised · inflation reading
May 2024
4 final rules · 1 regulation amendment · 8 court decisions · 12 forms revised · inflation reading
April 2024
5 final rules · 1 proposed · 1 court decision · 7 forms revised · inflation reading
March 2024
5 final rules · 2 proposed · 8 forms revised · inflation reading
February 2024
1 final rule · 3 proposed · inflation reading
January 2024
3 final rules · 5 forms revised · inflation reading
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