VA Hosting 'Week of Action' to Spread Word About PACT Act Benefits More than 90 events are scheduled across the country to help veterans enroll in health care, file claims and screen for...
See Your 2023 VA Disability Pay Rates The current VA disability pay rates show compensation for veterans with a disability rating 10% or higher. Read more.
How We Breathe Is the Key to an Effective New Treatment for Anxiety and PTSD The Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that up to 20% of those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from some kind...
A Wounded Vet's Caretaker Is Stuck in Mexico While His Health Deteriorates. The Immigration Wait Could Be 2 Years. For the past 15 years, she has cared for him, handling everything from clearing his trachea tube to dressing him each day.
Veterans File Record Number of Disability Claims, Putting Pressure on Backlog More than 113,000 claims have been filed since August, VA Secretary Denis McDonough said this week.
Specially Adapted Housing Details Veterans with certain service-connected disabilities may get a grant from VA to build or modify a home to meet their needs
Record Pay Increase Likely Coming for Disabled Veterans and Military Retirees in 2023 Disabled veterans and military retirees will likely see record pay increases in 2023 thanks to COLA changes.
Individual Unemployability And VA Disability The Individual Unemployability benefit provides greater monthly compensation benefits to qualified veterans.
Veterans Readiness (Vocational Rehabilitation) Program Subsistence Allowance A subsistence allowance is paid to Veterans each month while enrolled in a Vocational Rehabilitation program
2023 Military Pay Raise Will Be the Largest in 20 Years The largest military pay raise in decades is coming in 2023 for active-duty troops as part of the annual defense...
The Army's Fitness Test Might Be Revamped Yet Again for Gender-Neutral and Job-Specific Standards The must-pass National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA would require Army Secretary Christine Wormuth to revamp the ACFT...
F-16 Improperly Intercepted a Civilian Aircraft Before Crashing in Louisiana, New Report Says The incident took place during a training exercise March 23 when two F-16s departed Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, Texas...
The Bell V-280 Valor Will Replace the Army's Legendary Black Hawk The Army announced Bell as the victor in the longstanding Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) competition to replace...
Bill to Help Deported Veterans and Non-Citizen Troops Clears House The bill, called the Veteran Service Recognition Act, would also add more hurdles to deporting non-citizen veterans.
