Benefits

VA announces availability of $16 million in grants for national, regional and community-based organizations that provide adaptive sports programs for Veterans and service members with disabilities.

VA makes it easier for eligible Veterans to maximize use of their G.I. Bill education benefits in the wake of two recent court rulings.

VA announces $112 million grant funding opportunity for organizations that provide suicide prevention services to Veterans across the country.

The Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Justice have signed a memorandum of understanding that will help some of America’s most vulnerable Veterans get the ongoing care they need.

Technology that will help the Department of Veterans Affairs schedule community care appointments faster than ever before is now up and running at all VA facilities, and VA will be expanding its use in 2026 so Veterans can more easily choose the health care they’ve earned.

Effective immediately, VA will not report Veterans to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System as “prohibited persons” only because they need help from a fiduciary in managing their VA benefits.

VA to improve dental care access for eligible Veterans.

VA releases the National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report, which analyzes Veteran suicide from 2001 to 2023, the most recent year for which data is available.

VA's National Cemetery Administration earned the highest customer satisfaction score ever achieved by any public or private organization measured by the American Customer Satisfaction Index, as part of the group’s 2025 report.

VA recruiting more than 300 vocational rehabilitation counselors and specialists for its Veteran Readiness and Employment program.

VA’s skilled home health care program will now cover the costs of in-home and community-based services for Veterans with spinal cord injuries, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, and other complex medical conditions at 100% of the cost of similar care in a VA Community Living Center.

VA establishes commission to find candidates to lead the Veterans Benefits Administration. VA Deputy Secretary Paul R. Lawrence, Ph.D., will chair the commission.