A veteran’s VA disability compensation can shrink or zero out a disabled child’s SSI payment through a process called deeming, a completely separate test from VA survivor and health benefits.
A signed Certificate of Eligibility gets a veteran to the closing table, but VA loan rules still require someone to move in. Here is who qualifies for the deployment, spouse, and construction exceptions.
A Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune for 18 months in the late 1960s later develops kidney cancer. Here is how the VA’s presumptive conditions list changes that claim.
A veteran’s family has two years from the date of burial to file for a VA burial allowance, and missing that window can mean losing reimbursement entirely.
A veteran drawing SSDI gets a part-time job offer and worries it will cost him his benefits. The Trial Work Period rules say otherwise, up to a point.
A Marine veteran rated 90 percent for a traumatic brain injury cannot return to any job right now, but he still qualifies for VA support to relearn daily tasks and regain independence at home.
A veteran with a service-connected 70% rating who also lost the use of one hand in a training accident may be owed an extra $139.87 a month that most disability calculators never show. Here is how SMC-K through SMC-O actually work.
A veteran who lost a home to foreclosure or came out of bankruptcy often assumes the VA home loan benefit is gone. It isn’t automatically gone, but a waiting period and a reduced entitlement balance usually apply first.
A 66-year-old widow with $9,400 in yearly income and no service-connected cause of death still qualifies for a tax-free VA benefit worth up to $11,699 a year. Here is how VA Survivors Pension eligibility actually works.
A veteran on Supplemental Security Income receives a $31,400 VA disability retroactive payment and has 30 days to figure out whether it will end his benefit.