A new law guarantees Veterans will receive a cost-of-living adjustment to VA compensation that is equal to the COLA applied to Social Security benefits.
Active-duty service members transitioning out of the military and filing a VA claim for disability benefits will soon find less redundancy in health assessment exams.
You can easily check the status of your PACT Act claim once it has been submitted.
The PACT Act expands access to VA disability compensation for Vietnam Veterans.
VA is increasing compensation payment rates based on the latest cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) announcement. Beginning Jan. 1, 2023, Veterans and beneficiaries who receive VA compensation benefits will see an 8.7% increase in their monthly payments -- the largest increase in over 30 years.
Veterans filing disability claims may feel a sense of relief when they submit their claim but still have lingering questions about what comes next in the claims process.
Veterans with cancer conditions related to toxic exposure, including reproductive cancer of any type, including breast cancer, can now more easily access VA benefits.
Veterans who are members of the Navajo Nation now have more options when it comes to support for pursuing benefits claims before the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Several hundred people showed up at the Dublin VAMC career fair, hoping to serve America’s Veterans. All who applied received an interview.
Considering a higher-level review of your claim decision? An informal conference can allow you to communicate directly with a reviewer.
On April 26, VA announced the addition of nine rare respiratory cancers to the list presumed service-connected disabilities due to exposure to fine particulate matter
In late 2017, VA began a multi-year effort to revise and update the VASRD, or VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities. The VASRD’s 15 body systems had seen periodic rating criteria updates, but this continuing effort reflects the first comprehensive review since 1945.
Today, VA announced its eighth update: respiratory, auditory, and mental disorders body systems.