Military retirement pay will rise 2.8% in 2026 as the new COLA takes effect, lifting checks starting December 31, 2025. The ...

The cost-of-living adjustment reflects cooling inflation, but veterans are still dealing with prices far higher than before ...

US service members will receive a 3.8% pay raise starting January 2026, confirmed by President Trump’s defense policy bill.

Veterans who rely on disability compensation can expect a meaningful, if modest, lift in their monthly payments in 2026, as ...

Dual-veteran divorces expose gaps between state family law and federal military and VA benefit systems, where missed ...

Several justices on the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday questioned the financial implications of ruling in favor of plaintiffs in a case that would expand retroactive disability payments to retired ...

Veterans and their families who rely on monthly compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are often keenly ...

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 ...

John Keith Taylor was denied a disability rating for scars without ever having an evaluation of the tumors, which was the focus of his claim.

Army veteran Harriet ‘Elva’ Pflug of Lucedale noticed in February 2024 that Veterans Affairs had failed to add a cost of living increase to her monthly check for 2023, 2024 and 2025. The problem ...