Why VA pays more in disability for sleep apnea than it does for some lost limbs

VA vowed to modernize its disability benefits system. As criticism from veterans and their advocates has mounted, efforts to ...
Stars and Stripes

More women are receiving disability benefits from VA than ever before

“These historic statistics are a direct result of our concerted efforts to bring women veterans to VA to encourage them to apply for the benefits they’ve earned and to build a VA that meets women ...
Yahoo

Lawmakers Try Again on Bill to Give 50,000 Medically Retired Veterans Full VA Disability, Retirement Pay

Members of Congress are trying again to pass legislation that would give medically retired service members full access to both their military retirement pay and disability compensation from the ...
PBS

The VA has vowed to fix how veterans receive disability benefits for this burn pit injury. Critics say it’s taking too long

For years, veterans who live with a debilitating lung ailment after being exposed to toxic air and burning trash during their service have reported they’ve struggled to get disability benefits through ...
Stars and Stripes

100,000 veterans who later qualified for VA disability benefits must repay old bonuses for leaving the military early

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 ...
Newsweek

Government Demands Veteran Return $30,000 He Was Paid Decades Ago

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has recently demanded that veteran Vernon Reffitt return the $30,000 that he was paid decades ago to leave theArmy. Reffitt got an offer in 1992 to leave the ...