For U.S. military veterans who have been awarded a 100% disability rating by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the ...

Roughly 6.5 million U.S. veterans collect monthly, tax-free disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs ...

For a veteran labled at a 70% disability rate, monthly benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) can be their economic lifeline. However, the exact amount the money the ...

Congress is weighing a cost-of-living increase for veterans’ benefits in 2026. It would need to rise by at least 2.4% to keep ...

The disability benefits that veterans receive from the Department of Veterans Affairs have become the subject of a growing number of policy papers and editorials that argue those benefits are too ...

Navigating the VA Disability benefits system requires understanding the various factors that determine compensation, including the severity of a veteran’s condition and their family situation. For ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has approved nearly 80% of the 570,000 claims it has adjudicated under the PACT Act, distributing more than $2.2 billion in disability compensation to veterans or ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

This is the first of several information-heavy columns on which I will collaborate with my colleague John Cianci. This week we will describe federal benefits available to seriously disabled veterans.

For years, veterans who live with a debilitating lung ailment after being exposed to toxic air and burning trash during their service have reported they’ve struggled to get disability benefits through ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs says it has processed more disability claims this fiscal year than last, exceeding 2024's record-breaking amount by nearly 6,600. As of mid-August, VA claims ...

When Cynthia Daniels was on active duty as an Army reservist in 2003, she routinely did 80 sit-ups in one minute and could run a mile in six minutes. But a decade after returning from a yearlong ...