VA disability compensation functions as government payment for service-connected harm, not welfare, and the language used to ...

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) said in a Thursday press release that it has reduced the backlog for disability compensation by 25 percent, falling below 200,000 for the first time since March ...

According to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) data, many Veterans are unaware of VA’s disability compensation program. Disability compensation is a monthly, tax-free payment designed to compensate ...

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Veterans and families will receive VA disability payments on December 31, 2025, due to the January 1 federal holiday.

Think of America’s forever wars as a funnel between the largest and second largest federal government departments. Entering at the top of the funnel, via the Department of Defense (DOD), are poor and ...

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WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tom Murphy was recently appointed Director of the Compensation and Pension Service for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). “Tom Murphy is an outstanding leader who ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will soon be resuming medical examinations for disability compensation benefits at select locations across the country, VA officials announced today. Both ...

The average wait time for wounded veterans to see their disability-compensation claims completed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has now grown to 262 days — or nearly nine months — ...