Special Survivor Indemnity Allowance Surviving spouses, whose SBP annuity has been offset by DIC may be eligible for a Special Allowance to make up for it.
VFW Opposes VA Decision to Eliminate Review Period for Claims Previously, the VA allowed veterans service organizations to double-check vets' claims.
Here's Your 2020 Military Retiree, VA and Social Security Pay Bump The 2020 military retiree, VA disability and social security pay increase is smaller than the one received in 2019.
Will You Get a Bigger Retirement Check in 2019? Will you see a bigger check next year? All signs point to yes, just how much remains to be seen....
VA Finalizes Rule Paying Special Monthly Compensation to Some With TBI Those with TBI should now find it easier to be approved for SMC benefit.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
