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How Veterans with Children and Parents Are Getting Extra VA Compensation in 2025

For veterans rated 100% disabled by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), compensation is a vital financial lifeline, ...

100 Percent VA Disability Benefits: How much is the monthly compensation for a veteran with a child, a spouse and a parent?

The 100 percent VA disability rating is not just a number for thousands of American citizens, it is a lifeline. This becomes even greater when a veteran has a spouse, a child, and ...
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Here’s When Veterans Will Receive Their VA Disability Checks in September 2025

Veterans receiving disability benefits can expect their September 2025 payments this week. According to the Department of ...
Stars and Stripes

Lawmakers push to end ‘double-dipping’ ban that keeps combat-wounded veterans from accessing full benefits

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are pushing again to overturn a federal law that stops combat-injured veterans with less than 20 years of service from collecting their full retirement pay when they qualify for ...
WBUR

Assaulted first responders can get full disability compensation under new law

Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill Thursday enabling first responders to be fully compensated after they suffer a serious injury on the job that leaves them unable to work. First responders — including ...
fox17online

Only 21% of Michigan veterans receive disability benefits; VA hopes to increase distribution

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Disability compensation for veterans is underutilized in the state of Michigan, according to the Department of Veteran Affairs. In 2021, the VA distributed around $2.6 billion in ...

100 Percent VA Disability Benefits: How much is the monthly compensation for a veteran with a child, a spouse and 2 parents?

For U.S. military veterans who have been awarded a 100% disability rating by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the monthly compensation is meant to reflect the impact of tot ...