For 2025, veterans receiving VA disability compensation are set to see a 2.5% increase in their monthly benefits. This adjustment, while modest compared to the significant 8.7% increase in 2023, is ...

VA disability increase: Veterans receiving disability benefits from the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) saw a 2.5% increase in their monthly payments in 2025. Effective from December 1, 2024, ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs says it has processed more disability claims this fiscal year than last, exceeding 2024's record-breaking amount by nearly 6,600. As of mid-August, VA claims ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. With six weeks still left to go in fiscal 2025, the Veterans Affairs Department announced Wednesday the agency has already processed a ...

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 ...

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The Veterans Benefits Administration -- the arm of the Department of Veterans Affairs that adjudicates disability compensation claims -- has processed more than 1 million filings this year and is on ...

SOMERSET, Pa. – Veterans served by the Somerset County Veterans Affairs Office received more disability compensation, on average, from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs than veterans served in ...