VA disability compensation functions as government payment for service-connected harm, not welfare, and the language used to ...

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

This map from the Department of Veterans Affairs shows (in green) more than 34,000 zip codes where Compensation and Pension exams have resumed following restrictions put in place at the start of the ...

U.S. military service members anticipate increases to their pay and allowances in 2026, including a 3.8% raise in basic pay ...

For 2025, veterans receiving VA disability compensation are set to see a 2.5% increase in their monthly benefits. This adjustment, while modest compared to the significant 8.7% increase in 2023, is ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the bipartisanVeterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2023. Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester and ranking ...

Veterans and families will receive VA disability payments on December 31, 2025, due to the January 1 federal holiday.

Retired Army 1st Sgt. Arthur C. Thornburgh of Ewell, Ala., figures the Department of Defense owes him $20,000 so far in combat-related special compensation. The missing payments, he claims, go back to ...

Disabled veterans are eligible to receive an increase in their benefits next year after a bill by Congressman Ralph Abraham, M.D., R-Alto, became law over the weekend. President Obama signed Abraham’s ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

The average wait time for wounded veterans to see their disability-compensation claims completed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has now grown to 262 days — or nearly nine months — ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Two decades after Local 12 became aware of their story, many veterans are still waiting for compensation after exposure to toxic water at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North ...