VA disability updates: August 2026.
Here is what moved in August 2026: rulemaking, regulation text, court filings, form revisions, and the inflation data behind the next pay raise. Every item links to its primary source.
The month's inflation reading
CPI-W for August: 328.481, up 3.5% from a year earlier. 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.
Claims backlog movement
Ended the month at 71,279 backlogged claims (as of August 29, 2026), up 750 across the month. Weekly detail on the backlog 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.
Forms revised
Check that you are filing the current version. Full catalog on the forms tracker.
- VA Form 10-0114J-7VA-APPROVED ENTERPRISE STANDARD ACUTE NURSING FREQUENT DOCUMENTATION – AGITATED BEHAVIOR SCALE (ABS – TBI Patients Only) View
- VA Form 10-0114J-14VA-APPROVED ENTERPRISE STANDARD ACUTE NURSING FREQUENT DOCUMENTATION – STROKE View
- VA Form 10-0114J-12VA-APPROVED ENTERPRISE STANDARD ACUTE NURSING FREQUENT DOCUMENTATION - DAILY CARE View
- VA Form 10-0114J-8VA-APPROVED ENTERPRISE STANDARD ACUTE NURSING FREQUENT DOCUMENTATION – CLINICAL INSTITUE WITHDRAWAL ASSESSMENT FOR ALCOHOL – REVISED (CIWA-Ar) View
- VA Form 10-0114J-13VA-APPROVED ENTERPRISE STANDARD NURSING FREQUENT DOCUMENTATION - PICC/MIDLINE and PIV INSERTION View
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The Veteran Benefit Desk, "VA Disability Updates: August 2026," veteranbenefitdesk.com, accessed October 9, 2026, https://veteranbenefitdesk.com/va-disability-updates/2026-08.