The increase will apply to more than 6 million veterans nationwide who currently get Veterans Affairs disability compensation.

Veterans with lifelong illnesses caused or worsened by their service are eligible for monthly benefits from the VA.

Though the Department of Veterans Affairs did not schedule disability compensation deposits for November, education benefits ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs will soon finalize the percentage increase that veteran disability benefits could see in 2027. It’s based on a government inflation measure — the Consumer Price ...

The main difference between disability pay and social security is that the latter is a government-run program, while the former comes from an insurance company. Disability does not refer to any ...

Veterans on disability benefits could see a roughly 3% or higher increase in payments from December. The law requires that the percentage of cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) made to Social Security ...

The 18th National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic (NVSSC) took place in San Diego in August 2025. Presented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the clinic brought together nearly 150 veterans from ...

Congress is currently considering a significant expansion of veterans’ disability compensation in HR 2102, the Major Richard Star Act. It would allow approximately 400,000 military retirees to receive ...

Updated: While the greatest focus on federal employee retirement understandably is on age and service combinations needed to be eligible to retire ...