In 2026, the primary update to benefits will be the annual COLA, which increases payments to keep pace with inflation.

Secondary conditions are disabilities caused by conditions the Department of Veterans Affairs already recognizes as service ...

Starting in January 2026, VA disability payments will incorporate a 2.8 percent COLA, which is part of the federal government ...

Troops and veterans learn about veterans benefits during a Transition Assistance Program class at the Family Readiness Center on Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota on March 26, 2012. (Airman 1st ...

When Cynthia Daniels was on active duty as an Army reservist in 2003, she routinely did 80 sit-ups in one minute and could run a mile in six minutes. But a decade after returning from a yearlong ...

WASHINGTON — Veterans advocates and Democratic lawmakers slammed a recent newspaper report critical of the disability benefits system run by the Department of Veterans Affairs for “cherry-picking ...

VA benefits veterans disability compensation payments to spike after 2026 COLA update as the confirmed 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment moves into effect on December 1, 2025. This explainer ...

WASHINGTON — Roughly 100,000 veterans who received bonuses to separate from the military early have been forced to return the money in the last 10 years because they were also receiving disability ...

Veterans Affairs officials said the disability claims backlog fell to about 190,000 cases on June 23. (VA graphic) Veterans Affairs officials on Tuesday announced staffers had already processed more ...

Military and VA benefit systems often evaluate dual-service couples at the household level rather than as two individuals who ...

A new lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs alleges decades of discrimination against Black military veterans. To learn more, Geoff Bennett speaks to Conley Monk Jr., a Vietnam War ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Wednesday announced it had processed more disability benefits claims in a single year than ever before. The VA said it reached the milestone by August 8, ...