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...
Why the VA’s Disability System Is Really Worker’s Compensation VA disability compensation functions as government payment for service-connected harm, not welfare, and the language used to...
Why Veterans’ 2.8% Disability Pay Raise Feels Smaller Than It Should The cost-of-living adjustment reflects cooling inflation, but veterans are still dealing with prices far higher than before...
Minnesota Man Convicted of Faking Purple Heart, Defrauding VA Out of $146,287 A man in Minnesota spent years fraudulently scamming the VA out of thousands of dollars in a bizarre stolen valor case.
What Every Veteran Needs to Know About Medicare by Age 65 Navigating Medicare and VA benefits can save you thousands. Here's how to avoid the most common mistakes.
Former VA Employee Indicted For Alleged Disability Fraud Criminal Scheme An ex-employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs faces 33 criminal counts for allegedly raking in huge sums for fake...
Study: Post-9/11 Veterans Have 55% Higher Asthma Risk A new study in collaboration with VA, found that veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have a much higher risk of...
Fingers Pointed At and By VA for Ongoing Shutdown, Benefits Claims Processes “The Democrats’ government shutdown is limiting services for veterans and making life miserable for VA employees, and things...
North Carolina Town Building Free Homes for Veterans With help from Building Homes from Heroes and Lowe's, a North Carolina town plans to construct 14 homes for veterans with...
Army Expands Combat Patch Eligibility as Modern Deployments Redefine Combat Service The Army expanded combat patch eligibility, recognizing soldiers in modern deployments where risk is high even without...
You Took Separation Pay Years Ago. Now the VA Wants It Back From Your Disability Check. Under federal law, a veteran cannot receive both separation pay and VA disability compensation for the same period of service...
25 Years: Nephew Remembers P.O.W. Navy Pilot Dieter Dengler Who Escaped Vietnam Dieter Dengler, who died about 25 years ago, was "bigger than life."
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
3 Big PCS Changes Are Coming at Once. Here’s What Service Members Need to Know Before Peak Season. In 2026, three major changes are affecting military household goods moves: a new permanent agency to run the system, the end...
