VA disability compensation is completely tax-free at both federal and state levels. You don't report it on your tax return.

If you're a veteran receiving disability benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), one of the most important questions during tax season is whether those payments ...

Criteria the VA developed in 1945 do not align with modern medicine, employment and the impact of disabilities on a veteran’s ...

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

The seal on the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington, D.C. is shown in June 2013. (Charles Dharapak/AP) The backlog of veterans first-time disability claims in coming ...

Roughly 6.5 million U.S. veterans collect monthly, tax-free disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). These payments are provided to veterans whose health conditions began ...

Veterans diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux disease(GERD) may be eligible for VA disability compensation, if they can establish a service connection. The condition is not rated under its own code, ...

After a spike in backlog numbers in recent years, Veterans Affairs officials have seen a steady decrease in the number of overdue disability claims in their benefits system over the last five months, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Department of Veterans Affairs says it has processed more disability claims this fiscal year than last, exceeding 2024's ...

When Navy veteran Melissa Washington wanted to reapply for an increase in her disability benefits, she selected a for-profit firm — Veteran Benefits Guide — to cut down on the paperwork and ...