New VA Advisory Council to Highlight Family, Caregiver Issues Caregiver, survivor and veteran family issues soon will be pushed directly to the Department of Veterans Affairs' top...
Severance Pay Taxes Incorrectly Withheld Must Now Be Refunded As many as 14,000 veterans had tax incorrectly withheld from disability severance pay by military. New law makes DOD give it...
VA Begins Update of Disability Ratings The Schedule for Rating Disabilities is undergoing its first complete overhaul since it was written in 1945.
VA Now Paying Compensation To Victims of Contaminated Lejeune Water VA will now pay disability compensation in addition to providing medical care to those affected by water contamination at...
VA Makes Changes To Benefits Delivery At Discharge Program Time limit for applying has been changed from 60 days prior to discharge to 90 days. VA says this will improve program.
Veteran Caregivers Can Be Men, But No One Recognizes That Hidden Heroes and other groups are doing good work. They’ll do even better when they drop the stereotypes.
Pentagon Increases Small Business Contracts to Disabled Veterans The Defense Department finally met its goal last year for awarding contracts to small businesses run by disabled veterans...
Army Reverses Course on Discharge for Paralyzed Green Beret The Army decided against kicking out a paralyzed Green Beret and stripping his military benefits after congressional...
VA to Detail Proposed Changes to Caregiver Program Critics of the caregiver program say decisions on who to keep or drop and who to accept are inconsistent, at best.
These Marines Lost Legs in Afghanistan and Now Hunt Child Predators A special new law enforcement program trains and hires medically retired veterans to track down and arrest child...
They Fought in Iraq’s Bloodiest Battle. Will Their Kids Be the Next Generation of Marines? No matter the profession, parents and children in both civilian and military families must navigate delicate decisions about...
14.5% Junior Enlisted Pay Raise, Restriction on Care for Transgender Military Kids Headed to Biden's Desk The 4.5% raise will be added to all service members' paychecks at the beginning of January, while the remaining 10% extra for...
Troop Pay Could Be Delayed Under Elon Musk-Inspired Government Shutdown The potential loss of pay in the midst of the holiday season was looming Thursday after plans negotiated by Republicans and...
Army Set to Debut Master Combat Badges in Spring, Memo Says The Army is set to begin awarding Master Combat Badges, which will combine expert and traditional combat badges, next spring...
Police Say Marine Charged with Escort's Murder Googled Whether It's Possible to Scream While Being Strangled In what a local official called a "chilling" case, an active-duty Marine stationed in Florida was arrested and charged with...
