Disabled combat veterans Chad Rogers and Lyle Allen of Tennessee say an unfair system is blocking them from receiving the ...

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

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 ...

There is a bill before the U.S. Congress that local veterans who are 100% disabled want to see passed this year. It’s the ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs processed over 2 million disability claims in 2025, breaking records for speed. Average processing time dropped to 132 days, down from 141 days at the start of the ...

Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee ranking member Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. (at podium) and Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Calif. (right of podium) address veterans during a Capitol Hill rally on the Major ...

Veterans who are receiving disability compensation will experience a slight rise in their payments for the year 2026, attributed to the verified 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), which ...

Right now, nearly 1 in 3 initial VA disability claims are denied. We built VABN University to be the West Point of the ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Service members retiring from the military will for the first time be allowed to keep contributing to their military-sponsored retirement accounts — known as Thrift Savings Plans — under ...

A web of for-profit companies assist veterans in claiming disability funds by helping vets navigate the tangled red tape of the VA. Critics of these companies call them claim sharks, while proponents ...

Most government pensions and retirement allowances are included in gross income. Section 104(a)(4), however, excludes amounts received as a pension, annuity or similar allowance for personal injuries ...