The Department of Veterans Affairs is facing renewed scrutiny.

A recent investigative report raised questions about fraud and oversight inside the VA’s disability compensation system. At the same time, a new interim rule has changed how certain disability ratings are evaluated, affecting how benefits may be calculated going forward.

Overlaying these developments is a broader policy blueprint known as Project 2025, authored by conservative policy leaders and contributors, some of whom now serve in senior federal roles.

Is this routine administrative reform?

Or are we witnessing a deeper structural shift in how the federal government approaches veteran care?

In this deep dive, we examine:

• What Project 2025 says in its own words• Its origins and contributor network• The Washington Post investigation into alleged VA fraud• The personnel overlap between the project and current federal appointees• And why this may be shaping into a negative-sum dynamic

This isn’t partisan commentary.

It’s a statesmanship question.

How do you reform an institution built on a national covenant, without weakening the trust that sustains it?

This is Signals Over Noise.

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