Rosen Calls on Trump Administration to Overturn Harmful Rule Limiting Veterans’ Benefits

New Trump VA Rule Would Lower Veterans' Disability Rating If Medication Improves Symptoms

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) called on the Trump Administration to overturn a new VA rule that affects how the Department of Veterans Affairs determines disability compensation, which could result in decreased benefits for disabled veterans. The rule will require the VA to determine disability ratings based on veterans' improvement with medication, rather than on their underlying conditions.

"The Trump Administration has already put veterans' services at risk through reckless mass layoffs at the VA - including the VA suicide hotline staff - and this new rule could further reduce support for disabled veterans through drastic benefits cuts," said Senator Rosen. "This is a slap in the face to the men and women who served our nation. The VA needs to immediately overturn this harmful rule and keep our promise to our veterans."

Senator Rosen has consistently worked to make sure veterans have access to the full benefits and services they have earned. Earlier this month, she joined her colleagues in a resolution to overturn another extreme Trump Administration rule ending abortion counseling and reproductive care for veterans, including victims of rape, incest, or when the life of the mother is at risk. Last year, Senator Rosen introduced a bipartisan bill to bolster access to health care for servicemembers and veterans and help eliminate delays in patient care, as well as a bipartisan bill to increase the availability of mental health services for veterans. Senator Rosen has also been working to pass her FORGOTTEN Veterans Act to ensure servicemembers and veterans who served at classified locations within the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) since 1951 have the same presumption of exposure as the Department of Energy employees they served alongside and are able to prove that they served there, so that they can finally get the PACT Act benefits they deserve following exposure to radiation and toxins.

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