VA disability compensation functions as government payment for service-connected harm, not welfare, and the language used to ...

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

Congress passed 14 laws in 2025 that reshaped pay, housing, education and transition rules for millions of service members ...

Veterans and families will receive VA disability payments on December 31, 2025, due to the January 1 federal holiday.

A bill in Congress would significantly increase the amount of disability compensation awarded to veterans with catastrophic injuries and survivors, but lawmakers are sparring over how to cover its ...

According to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) data, many Veterans are unaware of VA’s disability compensation program. Disability compensation is a monthly, tax-free payment designed to compensate ...

A bill that would increase the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and military survivors under the Department of Veterans Affairs passed a Senate vote last week.

This map from the Department of Veterans Affairs shows (in green) more than 34,000 zip codes where Compensation and Pension exams have resumed following restrictions put in place at the start of the ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

The average wait time for wounded veterans to see their disability-compensation claims completed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has now grown to 262 days — or nearly nine months — ...