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Sexual Trauma If you suffer from the effects of sexual trauma in the service, VA may be able to help you.
Benefits for Former Prisoners of War It's estimated that more than 500,000 Americans were captured and interned as Prisoners of War since the American Revolution.
Can a Veteran in Jail Still Get VA Benefits and Retirement Pay? The following is a summary of how imprisonment affects veterans benefits.
Specially Adapted Housing Details Veterans with certain service-connected disabilities may get a grant from VA to build or modify a home to meet their needs
Specially Adapted Housing Program Specially Adapted Housing grants are available to veterans who have specific service-connected disabilities
Automobile and Special Adaptive Equipment Grants Grants are available for veterans to help purchase a new or used car or special equipment to assist those with disabilities
Asbestos Illness Related to Military Service Many veterans were exposed to asbestos as a result of their military service.
VA Funds Ivy League Research into MDMA as Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress, Alcohol Abuse The research, some of it already underway, is the first of its kind at the VA in more than 50 years.
Dust to Dust: VA Now Offers 'Green' Burials at Cemeteries in Arizona, Colorado and Florida The new benefit lets veterans and family members consider environmentally friendly preparations, urns or caskets when...
Court-Mandated Plan Forcing the VA to House 3,000 Homeless Vets in Los Angeles on Hold In a bitter statement responding to the 9th Circuit's grant of the stay one of the pro-bono lawyers representing the homeless...
Medications, Including Injectable Weight-Loss Drugs, Make Up One-Third of VA's Projected 2025 Budget Shortfall Under Secretary for Health Dr. Shereef Elnahal said Monday the VA needs extra funding to cover the costs of drugs such as...
VA Needs Extra $6.6 Billion, Not $12 Billion, in 2025, Officials Tell Congress A carryover of $2.5 billion and revised estimates based on actual 2024 expenditures have allowed the VA to adjust its...
Effort Underway to Give Eligible Veterans Easier Access to Military Installations Under the new program, veterans who enroll at an installation will be able to show their identification at the gate to get...
See Your 2025 VA Disability Pay Rates The 2025 VA disability pay rates show compensation for veterans with a disability rating 10% or higher.
Hearing Aids for Military Retirees DoD and VA offer programs to help military retirees get hearing aids.
Aid and Attendance and Housebound Benefits Aid and Attendance and Housebound benefits help with paying for in–home care, assisted living or a nursing home.
Special Monthly Compensation (SMC) Rates Increase for 2025 Special Monthly Compensation (SMC) pays a higher rate than regular VA Disability Compensation to veterans who incurred the...