Benefits

The Biden-Harris Administration released the President’s Budget for fiscal year 2025. This budget proposes critical resources to help VA continue providing more care and more benefits to more Veterans than ever before.

The Department of Veterans Affairs' new website helps Veterans manage financial stressors that can affect their mental health and wellbeing.

VA expands health care and benefits for Veterans with cancer to provide world-class care for over one million Veterans on the cancer care continuum, from screening to survivorship

All Veterans who were exposed to toxins and other hazards while serving in the military – at home or abroad – will be eligible to enroll directly in VA health care beginning March 5, 2024. 

A new VA-DOD partnership enables Veterans in Clarksville, Tennessee and the Fort Campbell region to receive primary and specialty care from VA clinicians.

VA announces health care and benefits 2024 Equity Action Plan

The Department of Veterans Affairs issued a proposed rule outlining plans to expand the locations and time frames for which VA presumes exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides.

VA provides free emergency suicide prevention care to nearly 50,000 Veterans and former service members in first year of new policy

The Department of Veterans Affairs' new guaranteed-acceptance insurance program, VALife has issued more than $950 million in coverage to 31,400 Veterans in its first year.

The Department of Veterans Affairs issued a request for applications (RFA) for proposals from its network of VA researchers (in collaboration with academic institutions) to study the use of certain psychedelic compounds in treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression.

The Department of Veterans Affairs launched a groundbreaking national advertising campaign to encourage Veterans to sign up for the VA health care and benefits they’ve earned.

The Department of Veterans Affairs delivers more care and more benefits to more Veterans than ever before in fiscal year 2023.