From the permanent archive
VA disability updates: May 2024.
Here is what moved in May 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 May 2024 Archive
Everything on this page is a snapshot of May 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These figures are preserved for historical reference and are not current numbers.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
4
VA, in the Federal Register
Proposed rules
0
Ideas seeking public comment
Court decisions filed
8
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Forms revised
12
Per the official VA form catalog
Final rules
These changed the law this month.
Regulation text amended
38 CFR 4.114 · effective May 30, 2024
The month's inflation reading
CPI-W for May: 308.163. 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.
Court decisions filed
A factual log only: case name, docket, date, link. We do not summarize or interpret decisions. Full list on the decisions tracker.
- May 31, 2024Marcos Greenidge v. Denis McDonough Decision
- May 28, 2024Gary L. Ferko v. Denis McDonough Decision
- May 23, 2024Jeanine Frazier v. Denis McDonough Decision
- May 23, 2024Terry L. Hamilton v. Denis McDonough Decision
- May 20, 2024John D. McCauley v. Denis McDonough Decision
- May 15, 2024Mark J. Stiles v. Denis McDonough Decision
- May 15, 2024Christine Varad v. Denis McDonough Decision
- May 3, 2024Gerald A. Lechliter v. Denis McDonough Decision
Forms revised
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- VA Form 26-0785Lender's Staff Appraisal Reviewer (SAR) Application View
- VA Form VA40-1330UPClaim for Commemorative Urn or Plaque for Veterans’ Cremains Not Interred View
- VA Form 21P-0571Application for Exclusion of Children's Income View
- VA Form 21P-4171Supporting Statement Regarding Marriage View
- VA Form 26-1852Description of Materials View
- VA Form 28-1905mRequest And Authorization For Supplies and Direct Reimbusement (Chapter 31 - Veteran Readiness and Employment) (Fillable) View
- VA Form 26-4555Application in Acquiring Specially Adapted Housing or Special Home Adaptation Grant View
- VA Form 21P-4185Report of Income from Property or Business View
- VA Form 21P-8924Application of Surviving Spouse or Child for REPS Benefits (Restored Entitlement Program for Survivors) View
- VA Form 26-0829Servicer's Staff Appraisal Reviewer (SAR) Application View
- VA Form 27-2008Application for United States Flag for Burial Purposes View
- VA Form 28-8890Important Information About the Chapter 31 or Veteran Readiness and Employment Program View
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The Veteran Benefit Desk, "VA Disability Updates: May 2024," veteranbenefitdesk.com, accessed October 10, 2026, https://veteranbenefitdesk.com/va-disability-updates/2024-05.
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