New law aims to ensure disability benefits won't block veterans from housing assistance

Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Brownsville, said the change would ensure federally-funded programs "do not punish (veterans) for ...

7 of the most damaging myths about VA benefits

Military culture rewards toughness, endurance, and self-reliance. For many veterans, those values persist long after service ...
JD Supra

Programs Available to Veteran Entrepreneurs with Service-Connected Disabilities

As defined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), a service-connected condition means an illness or injury that was caused by, or got worse because of, active military service. Veterans who ...

Purple Heart Homes Applauds Signing of Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act

Purple Heart Homes views the passage of H.R. 224 as a pivotal step forward in ensuring housing equity for service-connected Disabled Veterans nationwide and remains committed to advocating for ...
The Times Leader

Supports Bill To Aid All Vets Whose Disability Is Service-connected

Congress, in 1999, approved a measure to adjust Title 10 (the federal law that prohibits receipt of military retired pay and Veterans Administration disability payments) by giving full compensation – ...
WRAL

Biden administration adds nine rare respiratory cancers with ties to burn pits to list of service-connected disabilities

The Department of Veterans Affairs is issuing a rule that will add nine rare respiratory cancers to its list of presumptive service-connected disabilities for veterans exposed to toxins in burn pits ...
Stars and StripesOpinion

A fairer path to total disability after the Witkowski decision

What this means now is straightforward: veterans seeking extraschedular TDIU can receive a direct decision from the Board ...