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  • Here’s how to see attorney and agent fees paid by VA

    Here’s how to see attorney and agent fees paid by VA

    VA will now publish the amount of money it's legally obligated to pay to VA-accredited attorneys and claim agents assisting Veterans with disability claims.

  • VA limits apportionment of disability benefits

    VA limits apportionment of disability benefits

    A new ruling limits the circumstances for apportionment of compensation, pension and DIC benefits, and will stop making need-based apportionments going forward.

  • TSGLI celebrates 20 years of honoring severely injured service members

    TSGLI celebrates 20 years of honoring severely injured service members

    The Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Traumatic Injury Protection (TSGLI) program is celebrating 20 years of providing short-term financial support to help eligible service members recover from traumatic injuries. 

  • VR&E’s new case management system marks transformation

    VR&E’s new case management system marks transformation

    VA completed phase 1 of the Readiness and Employment System(RES) deployment nearly a month ahead of schedule. modernizing the case management platform for the Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) program

  • VA Insurance and the Accelerated Benefit Option

    VA Insurance and the Accelerated Benefit Option

    VA has announced an amendment to the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance, Family SGLI, and Veterans’ Group Life Insurance Accelerated Benefit Option regulation.

  • New scam: VA Benefits overpayment

    New scam: VA Benefits overpayment

    Scammers are alarmingly clever in targeting Veterans, pretending to be VA representatives and demanding repayment for alleged benefits overpayments

  • VA honors 60 years of SGLI protecting our nation’s military members

    VA honors 60 years of SGLI protecting our nation’s military members

    VA celebrates 60 years of the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) program.

  • Informal Conferences offer opportunity to speak directly with claims processors

    Informal Conferences offer opportunity to speak directly with claims processors

    As part of the higher-level review process, VA offers an optional, one-time, informal conference to provide the claimant, or their representative, with the opportunity to communicate directly with a new reviewer.

  • Veterans Affairs Life Insurance Program tops $2 billion in coverage for service-connected Veterans

    Veterans Affairs Life Insurance Program tops $2 billion in coverage for service-connected Veterans

    Since its launch in 2023, the Veterans Affairs Life Insurance (VALife) program has already provided over $2 billion in total coverage to more than 60,000 Veterans.

  • VA is opening doors for Native Hawaiian Veterans

    VA is opening doors for Native Hawaiian Veterans

    More than 550 Veterans have used the Native American Direct Loan (NADL) program throughout the Native Hawaiian, Samoan and Marshall Island region.

  • Five things I learned at an HR and Talent Acquisition Conference as a Veteran in transition

    Five things I learned at an HR and Talent Acquisition Conference as a Veteran in transition

    A recently transitioned Veteran and VBA employee took the opportunity to hear directly from employers, advocates and fellow Veterans who are shaping how organizations support the transition journey.

  • A Veteran’s guide to navigating property taxes and insurance costs

    A Veteran’s guide to navigating property taxes and insurance costs

    Anecdotal evidence suggests the rising cost of homeowners insurance and property is making homeownership less affordable. VA is committed to doing everything possible to keep military families fully informed about the associated costs of owning a home.

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Last updated January 22, 2026

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