The VA disability compensation rate increase is expected to be 3.7% or 3.8%, a 90-year-old veteran has a new cookbook and a new VA epilepsy treatment.
Families describe problems with the Exceptional Family Member Program that include accessible housing and waiting lists for specialized medical care for their children.
Waiting has become Washington’s easiest answer, and it is the one answer the veteran community cannot afford.
The inclusion would, for the first time, enable veterans to qualify for disability benefits specifically for a diagnosis of Gulf War Illness.
By George P. Brooks The current system tells disabled people to become independent—and then makes independence financially dangerous.
Inspector General report on TBI evaluations, more veterans qualify for benefits and submariners want Congress to make it easier to claim benefits.
A think tank recommended that policymakers consider whether Veterans Affairs disability income should count toward eligibility for government aid.
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UK Special Coverage Can Burnham Tackle Entitlements? The prime minister must make hard decisions to stop Britain’s fiscal spiral. UK Special Coverage Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth – WPA Pool/Getty Images Andy Burnham, Britain’s new prime minister, has set a blistering pace in his first full week in office. From 10 Downing Street has come a torrent of dramatic announcements about the future of the country (indeed, it resembles nothing so much as the spate of executive orders from the Trump White House in early 2025). Burnham says he will honor the UK’s commitments on defense by spending 3 percent of GDP on…Open
The Republican-led bill has faced backlash from Democrats and divided veteran groups over a key funding mechanism.
Floyd D. Johnson claims that his constitutional rights were violated when the VA reduced his disability rating from 80% to 10%.