Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay (CRDP) Overview Concurrent Receipt of Disability Pay lets you get military retirement pay and VA disability compensation at the same time.
Ruling on Burn Pit Link to Cancers and a Rare Lung Disease Coming from VA Next Year VA Secretary Denis McDonough said if a link is established, veterans could begin applying for benefits by the end of 2022.
What Is the Airborne Hazard and Burn Pit Registry? If you served in the Gulf War, Iraq or Afghanistan you want to know about the Registry.
VA Family Caregiver Program The VA Family Caregiver Program offers benefits for family members who care for severely injured veterans
Troops With Debilitating Cases of COVID-19, or Their Survivors, to Be Eligible for VA Disability Pay Congress designated the coronavirus as a service-connected illness under some circumstances.
Parents' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) Parents' DIC is an income-based benefit for the parents, or parent, of a military service member or veteran who has died.
VA's Vocational Rehabilitation Rates Increase Oct. 1 The monthly payments will see a modest cost-of-living increase.
Court Ruling Paves Way to Faster Appeal Decisions for Some Vets A ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims could accelerate adjudication of vets' disability claims appeals.
Trump Signs Bill Protecting Disability Payments for Veterans Who Declare Bankruptcy The HAVEN Act ensures that debt collectors can't go after veterans' disability compensation.
Obesity Is Not a Service-Connected Disability: VA You can't blame the military for your girth, according to an official ruling.
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...
Camp Pendleton Officer, Wife Sue Military Housing Company over Crash That Killed 8-Year-Old Son A Marine Corps family whose 8-year-old son died last year after he was struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle on Camp...
Coast Guard to Launch Service-Wide Physical Fitness Test for All Members Next Year Coast Guard men and women must take a preliminary assessment by the end of this year and a mandatory PFT starting in 2026.
How the Men on a Navy Submarine Survived After Sinking 240 Feet in the Atlantic Trapped 240 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, Lt. Oliver Naquin could not ensure the crew of the USS Squalus...
Rubio Says US Is Designating 2 More Gangs as Foreign Terrorist Groups The two new designees, Los Lobos and Los Choneros, are Ecuadorian gangs blamed for much of the violence that began since the...
![A new Wounded Warrior Project survey of more than 33,000 Post-9/11 veterans found that 51.7 percent of the respondents were obese, according to their body max index, or BMI. Of that total, 6.2 percent were rated as "morbidly obese." (Getty Images photo)](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2018-12/obeseman1800.png.jpg?itok=b_MOXvOV "A new Wounded Warrior Project survey of more than 33,000 Post-9/11 veterans found that 51.7 percent of the respondents were obese, according to their body max index, or BMI. Of that total, 6.2 percent were rated as "morbidly obese." (Getty Images photo)")
