From the permanent archive
VA disability updates:January 2024.
Here is what moved in January 2024: rulemaking, regulation text, court filings, form revisions, and the inflation data behind the next pay raise. Every item links to its primary source.
Historical January 2024 Archive
Everything on this page is a snapshot of January 2024: the rulemaking, court filings, form revisions, inflation reading, and backlog count recorded for that month. For today's data, open the latest month or the live trackers linked in each section.
These figures are preserved for historical reference and are not current numbers.
Final rules published
3
VA, in the Federal Register
Proposed rules
0
Ideas seeking public comment
Court decisions filed
0
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Forms revised
5
Per the official VA form catalog
Final rules
These changed the law this month.
- January 16, 202485/15 Rule Calculations, Waiver Criteria, and Reports
- January 10, 2024Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Amendments
- January 9, 2024VA Pilot Program on Graduate Medical Education and Residency
The month's inflation reading
CPI-W for January: 302.201. This reading fed the COLA calculation for its benefit year and is preserved here for the record. Follow the current index on the pay increase tracker.
Forms revised
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- VA Form VA5655Financial Status Report View
- VA Form 26-6381Application for Assumption Approval and/or Release from Personal Liability to the Government on a Home Loan View
- VA Form 22-5490Dependents' Application for VA Education Benefits View
- VA Form VA10091VA-FSC Vendor File Request Form View
- VA Form 21-0538Mandatory Verification of Dependents View
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The Veteran Benefit Desk, "VA Disability Updates: January 2024," veteranbenefitdesk.com, accessed August 19, 2026, https://veteranbenefitdesk.com/va-disability-updates/2024-01.
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