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  • Beware: Claims predators want to prey on your benefits

    Beware: Claims predators want to prey on your benefits

    Claims predators take advantage of Veterans and their beneficiaries by using high-pressure tactics, sharing misleading information and making false promises to convince Veterans to sign up for their services. Here's how to spot them.

  • Protecting Your PACT Act benefits

    Protecting Your PACT Act benefits

    Have you seen television commercials, social media posts, or other advertisements from companies telling you to “act now” to claim your Camp Lejeune or PACT Act benefits?

  • More benefits claims support available to Native American Veterans

    More benefits claims support available to Native American Veterans

    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.

  • Filing a VA claim for disability compensation

    Filing a VA claim for disability compensation

    VA disability compensation is a monthly, tax-free payment to Veterans who were injured, sustained a long-term illness or experienced a worsening medical condition during their military service.

  • Community providers: CCN improvements help you care for our Veterans

    Community providers: CCN improvements help you care for our Veterans

    VA’s Community Care Network makes it easier for providers to work with VA and care for Veterans. CCN offers a more streamlined relationship with VA and continues to get better as we refine it over time.

  • How family members and caregivers can help with Veterans’ appeals

    How family members and caregivers can help with Veterans’ appeals

    Family members and caregivers often assist their Veterans through the claims and appeals processes by providing invaluable evidence and insight.

  • Quick Start Guide for Modernized Veteran Appeals Decision Review now available

    Quick Start Guide for Modernized Veteran Appeals Decision Review now available

    The VA appeals decision review quick start guide offers Veterans more clarity and control over the decision review process.

  • New video series teaches Veterans how to file disability claims online

    New video series teaches Veterans how to file disability claims online

    VA is transforming the way Veterans learn about and apply for benefits through a new video tutorial highlighting the digital Disability Compensation Benefits Claims tool released earlier this year.

  • VA launches program to resolve compensation appeals sooner

    VA launches program to resolve compensation appeals sooner

    On Nov. 1, VA launched the Rapid Appeals Modernization Program with the goal of providing eligible Veterans with the earliest possible resolution of their disagreement with VA.

  • VA modernization initiative reduces processing time for Veterans’ claims, saves future taxpayer dollars

    VA modernization initiative reduces processing time for Veterans’ claims, saves future taxpayer dollars

    This new “paper-extraction” process ensures that when a claim is filed, the Veteran’s electronic record is already available in VA’s computer systems, reducing processing time for benefit claims from Veterans and their survivors.

  • Claims Corner: tips for filing your VA compensation claim

    Claims Corner: tips for filing your VA compensation claim

    As old military injuries began to surface, filing my compensation claim quickly became a priority.

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Last updated February 8, 2026

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