Criteria the VA developed in 1945 do not align with modern medicine, employment and the impact of disabilities on a veteran’s ...

Every month, millions of veterans depend on their disability pay from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This monthly compensation is a tax-free payment for veterans who are disabled through ...

Personal Finance. Which beneficiaries will receive double SSI payments in December 2025? Personal Finance. Hundreds of thousands were denied a new student loan plan - here's what went wrong The annual ...

During his confirmation hearing Jan. 21, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins pledged to preserve veterans benefits and not "balance the budgets on the backs of veterans." But the confirmation of ...

Filing a VA disability claim is a significant step toward receiving monthly tax-free compensation for service-connected ...

This occurred almost 30 years ago in South Vietnam. Hovde spent seven-and-a-half months’ recuperating in an Army hospital before being medically retired. His initial VA disability check was $340 ...

Every servicemember enters and leaves the armed forces with a medical examination. That procedural fact reflects the original logic behind what the Department of Veterans Affairs calls “disability ...

In 2026, the primary update to benefits will be the annual COLA, which increases payments to keep pace with inflation.

America is inching toward means-testing for disabled veterans benefits. We shouldn’t treat our honorably discharged military personnel like beggars. Carroll Davis Jr. is a United States Marine Corp ...

Roughly 6.5 million U.S. veterans collect monthly, tax-free disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). These payments are provided to veterans whose health conditions began ...