VA Processes Record-Breaking Number of Disability Claims This Year, with 62% Approval Rate The department has made changes in the past several years designed to process disability compensation claims faster and...
Tips for Filing a Disability Claim Applying for VA disability benefits can be daunting. Here are a few tips and tricks that can make it easier and speed things...
Ask Lacey: Is Private Long-Term Care Insurance Necessary for a 100% Disabled Vet? As a 100% disabled veteran, you have valuable Department of Veterans Affairs benefits that might make private LTC insurance...
Here's How to Maximize VA Benefits over Your Lifetime VA benefits can play a critical role in a veteran's financial plan. Here's a three-tiered look at how to make the most of...
Ask Lacey: Is Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay Taxed? Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay (CRDP) can be hard to wrap your head around, especially when it comes to taxes and...
Supreme Court Rules Unanimously Against Time Limits on Combat-Related Disability Pay Attorneys for a class-action suit representing 9,000 veterans argued that a legal interpretation limiting retroactive Combat...
Supreme Court Justices Question Potential Financial Impact of Ruling on Combat Disability Pay Case The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on a class-action suit that challenges a rule that requires veterans to file...
Class-Action Suit over Limits on Combat-Related Disability Pay Goes Before Supreme Court The Supreme Court will hear arguments in Soto v. United States, a case that challenges a six-year limit on back pay for...
Search Underway at VA for Key Under Secretary Positions for Health and Benefits The process, led by separate commissions chaired by VA Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence, is expected to take months.
VA Watchdog: Misdated PACT Act Disability Decisions Costing Government, Veterans Millions The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General found that the VA likely overpaid some veterans while...
Soldier Dies on Fort Leonard Wood Rifle Range The Army identified the 18-year-old on Monday but has not provided details into the circumstances of his death.
Trump Celebrates West Point Alumni Group Canceling Award Ceremony to Honor Tom Hanks President Donald Trump celebrated news on Monday that an alumni group from West Point canceled an award ceremony set to honor...
Records Show the VA Failed to Treat a Father’s Common Infection. Now He’s Paying the Price. Anthony Walker always liked to think of himself as “the man.” He always liked to think of himself as “tough Tony.” But that...
South Koreans Feel Betrayed over Detainment of Hundreds of Workers at Plant Raid in Georgia South Korea’s foreign minister departed for the U.S. to finalize steps for the return of several hundred South Korean workers...
A Military Approach to Drug Busts Upends US Efforts and Raises Legal Questions The Trump administration has indicated more military strikes on drug targets could be coming, saying it is seeking to “wage...