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  • VA and FCC make it easier for Veterans to get internet access

    VA and FCC make it easier for Veterans to get internet access

    VA and the FCC are helping Veterans with qualifying VA pensions access the internet for video telehealth visits.

  • How to avoid scams when applying for VA pension benefits

    How to avoid scams when applying for VA pension benefits

    The Veterans Pension program provides compensation to wartime Veterans who meet certain age or disability requirements and have limited income and net worth. Here's how to avoid getting scammed.

  • Your VA claim exam questions answered

    Your VA claim exam questions answered

    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.

  • Pension Poaching: Learn to spot scammers and who you can trust for support

    Pension Poaching: Learn to spot scammers and who you can trust for support

    Have you ever heard of the scam called pension poaching? It is a financial hoax used by scammers to defraud you of your VA pension benefits.

  • Protect your benefits: Beat pension poachers to the punch

    Protect your benefits: Beat pension poachers to the punch

    VA has seen an increase of fraudsters and pension poachers targeting the pension benefits of elderly Veterans, their dependents and survivors.

  • Enhanced pension benefits can help eligible wartime Veterans, surviving spouses increase income

    Enhanced pension benefits can help eligible wartime Veterans, surviving spouses increase income

    If you are a wartime Veteran who meets certain income, [...]

  • VBA has safely resumed in-person exams nationwide

    VBA has safely resumed in-person exams nationwide

    VBA has safely resumed in-person Compensation & Pension (C&P) exams everywhere in the country and will schedule them as soon as possible.

  • VA grows locations for C&P contract exams for Veterans and service members

    VA grows locations for C&P contract exams for Veterans and service members

    On Dec. 31, 2020, VA resumed in-person disability compensation and pension (C&P) medical exams performed by VA contractors. The C&P exams are now available for scheduling in 42,516 U.S. zip codes.

  • October payments delayed for some Veterans

    October payments delayed for some Veterans

    October disability compensation, dependency indemnity compensation (DIC) and pension payments are delayed by two days for more than 27,000 beneficiaries due to a software issue. 

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