Protect your benefits: Beat pension poachers to the punch
VA has seen an increase of fraudsters and pension poachers targeting the pension benefits of elderly Veterans, their dependents and survivors.
Wellness Wednesday in April: Social Security benefits
The next Wellness Wednesday Financial Education series covers Social Security benefits for Veterans and their families.
Protect those who matter most with VA life insurance
VA Life insurance is a benefit that can protect your loved ones with income replacement, end of life costs, and financial flexibility.
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Resources help Veterans with education, employment opportunities
VA offers education and employment programs for Veterans interested in jump starting their college and career goals.
Appeals: Informal conference offers clarity, feedback in higher-level decision reviews
Considering a higher-level review of your claim decision? An informal conference can allow you to communicate directly with a reviewer.
Nine new cancers added to the presumed service-connected list related to particulate matter
On April 26, VA announced the addition of nine rare respiratory cancers to the list presumed service-connected disabilities due to exposure to fine particulate matter
Protect your benefits: Beat pension poachers to the punch
VA has seen an increase of fraudsters and pension poachers targeting the pension benefits of elderly Veterans, their dependents and survivors.
Wellness Wednesday in April: Social Security benefits
The next Wellness Wednesday Financial Education series covers Social Security benefits for Veterans and their families.
Protect those who matter most with VA life insurance
VA Life insurance is a benefit that can protect your loved ones with income replacement, end of life costs, and financial flexibility.
Disability compensation and benefits available to Vietnam War Veterans
On this National Vietnam War Veterans Day, VBA discusses the compensation and benefits available to Vietnam War Veterans.
VA’s mobile app offers Veterans convenient access to VA health and benefits
VA's mobile app for health and benefits gives Veterans access to a personalized experience to connect with VA.
VA honors Alwyn Cashe on National Medal of Honor Day
March 25 is National Medal of Honor Day. The Medal of Honor is the Nation’s highest military commendation and it recognizes members of the armed forces who have distinguished themselves through extraordinary bravery and valor in combat.
VRRAP helps Veterans return to the workforce
VRRAP provides up to 12 months of tuition and fees and a monthly housing allowance to eligible Veterans who are training towards employment in a high-demand occupation.
Benefits, resources available to Veterans of OIF, Southwest Asia Theater of Operations
If you served in OIF, and have a disability or illness as a result, you may be eligible for VA benefits and services.
Wellness Wednesday: What you should know about life insurance
The next free seminar in the Wellness Wednesday Financial Education series, March 16, focuses on life insurance. There are two, hour-long sessions at Noon and 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (9 a.m. and Noon, Pacific Standard Time).
VA will propose adding rare respiratory cancers to the presumed service-connected list
On March 1, VA announced its intention of adding nine rare respiratory cancers to the list of presumed service-connected disabilities in relation to exposure to toxic chemicals in the air, water, or soil for Veterans who served any amount of time in the Southwest Asia theater of operations.
A spotlight on the Rogers STEM Scholarship during National Engineers Week
National Engineers Week was first celebrated in 1951, dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing interest in careers in engineering and technology. This week, VA is celebrating engineers and engineering technicians and their positive contributions to the quality of life by promoting the importance of a technical education.
One year after enactment: Isakson-Roe Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act
Key accomplishments from the first year of the Isakson-Roe Act include expanded benefits and burial needs of Veterans and their families.
VA proposes updates to disability rating schedules for respiratory, auditory and mental disorders body systems
In late 2017, VA began a multi-year effort to revise and update the VASRD, or VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities. The VASRD’s 15 body systems had seen periodic rating criteria updates, but this continuing effort reflects the first comprehensive review since 1945. Today, VA announced its eighth update: respiratory, auditory, and mental disorders body systems.
Disability compensation available for Veterans exposed to hazardous materials
Exposure to contaminants or environmental hazards poses a major health concern for Veterans of all eras. If you served in Iraq, Afghanistan or other areas and believe you were exposed to hazardous materials – including particulate matter, burn pits and others – disability compensation and other VA benefits for related illnesses or conditions may be available for you.
Student loans: How to pay off your debt
The Wellness Wednesday Financial Education series returns Feb. 16, focusing on student loan debt. The seminar will consist of two hour-long sessions at noon and 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (9 a.m. and Noon Pacific Standard Time).
Celebrating skilled trade workers for Career and Technical Education Month
February is Career and Technical Education Month, VA’s Education Service wants to celebrate the importance of skilled trade workers by highlighting the alternative education paths that we offer our Veterans, service members and their beneficiaries.
VA launches user-friendly online financial status report form for VBA debts
VA has launched a user-friendly online financial status report form for VBA debts. This comes on the heels of launching the online tool in 2021.
Post-9/11 students at VA Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) now required to verify enrollment monthly
Are you a Post-9/11 GI Bill® student who relies on your Monthly Housing Allowance (MHA) and/or kicker payments while enrolled in school? If so, are you aware of the new monthly Enrollment Verification requirement for the 2021-2022 school year?
Women and Money: Taking control of your financial future
The next free seminar in the Wellness Wednesday Financial Education series, Jan. 19, looks at women and money. There are two, hour-long sessions at noon and 3 p.m. Eastern Time (9 a.m. and noon Pacific Time).
How VA served Veterans in 2021
Many people would like to forget 2021. It was a tough year, but a lot of good happened, too, especially at VA. The department is committed to making 2022 even better, and to do that, we’re taking a quick look back at what it accomplished and how it served Veterans in 2021.
Filing a VA claim for disability compensation
VA disability compensation is a monthly, tax-free payment to Veterans who were injured, sustained a long-term illness or experienced a worsening medical condition during their military service.
Wellness Wednesday Financial Education series, December: Retirement
Wellness Wednesday Financial Education series, the programs of free financial education seminars, continues Dec. 15, this time focusing on retirement preparation.
