VA Warns Against PACT Act Fraud Targeting Veterans The VA is warning veterans to avoid PACT Act fraud and to be wary of third parties such as non-VA-accredited law firms...
VA to Look at Racial Disparities in Claims Decisions A new team will explore conditions that have caused minority veterans to receive disability benefits at lower rates than...
Veterans: What's Taxed and What's Not on Your Federal and State Returns Here's what veterans can expect on their taxes when it comes to service-related pay.
VA Caregiver Program Needs Better Outreach and Data to Serve Disabled Vets, Panel Says A Veterans' Family, Caregiver and Survivor Advisory panel subcommittee found that VA fails to communicate effectively with...
US Supreme Court Rejects Veteran's Challenge to Disability Claims Filing Deadline The decision spares the VA from paying 30 years worth of compensation to a Navy veteran, as well as potential claims by...
How to Fight VA Debt If you owe Uncle Sam money, you better believe he'll come for it. But how can you fight?
Physical Disability Board of Review More than half the cases reviewed by PDBR have resulted in upgraded disability determinations.
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.
Disability Compensation for Presumptive Conditions Some medical conditions may be considered service connected if they become at least 10% disabling within certain time limits
How to Get Increased Disability Compensation Did you know you can always ask the VA for increased disability compensation? But be careful, it can backfire.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...