Benefits

Wellness Wednesdays: Managing Employment Change. If you are planning to change jobs or start a new career, you don’t want to miss this!

VA encourages Veterans who had to put their compensation & pension exams on hold due to the pandemic to come in for appointments.

With 20,000 hearings completed by August 2021, the Board of Veterans Appeals is on pace to best its previous record, smashing its historical average of 16,000 annually.

VA defines backlog as the number of claims pending over 125 days. Two events have occurred that will, however, result in significant claims backlog increases in the near term.

Veteran and family member can access to benefits and services at www.va.gov/getstarted and through two handbooks on the page.

The GI Bill® – and its derivatives like the Post-9/11 GI Bill – continues to help Veterans, service members, family members and dependents achieve their academic and vocational goals.

National Financial Awareness Day is devoted to teaching achievable financial principles to help you manage your finances efficiently. VA is dedicated to ensuring that our Veterans are empowered and aware of all available financial tools and resources.

The newest Wellness Wednesday free seminar, on August 18, is all about personal education. Want to learn more about paying for college?

VBA grant rates for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to sexual trauma increased by approximately 22 percentage points since 2015.

VA’s plan to digitize federal records will improve service to Veterans and their families at both VA and NARA.

VA will begin processing disability claims Aug. 2 for asthma, rhinitis and sinusitis on a presumptive basis based on presumed particulate matter exposures during military service in Southwest Asia and certain other areas — if these conditions manifested within 10 years of a qualifying period of military service.

Here’s important sarcoma cancer information. Also read about cancer service-connected disability if exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam.