Criteria the VA developed in 1945 do not align with modern medicine, employment and the impact of disabilities on a veteran’s ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs will stop approving most new need-based apportionments of veterans' benefits beginning ...

In 2026, the primary update to benefits will be the annual COLA, which increases payments to keep pace with inflation.

The VA Veterans Pension is a needs-based benefit that provides monthly cash assistance to wartime veterans with limited income and net worth who meet service and other eligibility rules. Additionally, ...

WASHINGTON — Claims processors at the Department of Veterans Affairs were inadequately trained and unprepared for the influx of veterans seeking benefits under the PACT Act, leading to improper ...

Did you know that the Department of Veterans Affairs offers a small monthly pension to very low-income wartime veterans and their surviving spouses? This pension, which is different from VA disability ...

VA disability compensation payments are made to veterans who got sick or injured while serving in the military and to veterans whose service made an existing condition worse. Sicknesses due to toxic ...

U.S. military service members anticipate increases to their pay and allowances in 2026, including a 3.8% raise in basic pay ...

With six weeks still left to go in fiscal 2025, the Veterans Affairs Department announced Wednesday the agency has already processed a single-year record of 2,524,115 veteran disability compensation ...

When Lawrence Brooks turned 110, the cupcakes at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans were festooned with tiny American flags. Lipstick on his cheek showed where one of the Victory Belles, ...