From the permanent archive
VA disability updates: March 2024.
Here is what moved in March 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 March 2024 Archive
Everything on this page is a snapshot of March 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These figures are preserved for historical reference and are not current numbers.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
5
VA, in the Federal Register
Proposed rules
2
Ideas seeking public comment
Court decisions filed
0
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Forms revised
8
Per the official VA form catalog
Final rules
These changed the law this month.
- March 20, 2024Benefits relatedSchedule for Rating Disabilities: The Digestive System
- March 5, 2024Benefits relatedProcessing Applications for Health Care, Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise To Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022, or the Honoring Our PACT Act of 2022
- March 4, 2024Agency Ethics Officials
- March 4, 2024Reproductive Health Services
- March 4, 2024Partnerships With Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations
Proposed rules
Not law yet: proposals VA opened for public comment.
- March 11, 2024Benefits relatedClarification of VA's Processing of Survivors Benefits Claims
- March 7, 2024Loan Guaranty: Revisions to VA-Guaranteed or Insured Interest Rate Reduction Refinancing Loans
The month's inflation reading
CPI-W for March: 306.502. 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
Check that you are filing the current version. Full catalog on the forms tracker.
- VA Form 22-1919Conflicting Interests Certification for Proprietary Schools (Fillable) View
- VA Form 26-10291Assumption Entitlement Acknowledgment View
- VA Form 21-0789Your Rights to Representation and a Hearing View
- VA Form 21-0307Award Attachment for Qualifying Veteran’s Child Born with Disabilities View
- VA Form 22-8865Employer's Application to Provide Job Training View
- VA Form 22-8864Training Agreement for Apprenticeship and Other On-the-Job Training Programs View
- VA Form 20-0996Decision Review Request: Higher-Level Review View
- VA Form 28-10289Monthly Progress Report - Veteran Readiness and Employment View
Cite this page
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The Veteran Benefit Desk, "VA Disability Updates: March 2024," veteranbenefitdesk.com, accessed October 9, 2026, https://veteranbenefitdesk.com/va-disability-updates/2024-03.
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