An upgrade unlocks benefits but delivers none of them. The corrected DD-214, the VA claims and effective dates, and the benefits veterans forget to chase.
Leaving everything outright to a second spouse can disinherit your children. The trust structure that protects both, plus the veteran-specific traps.
The Supreme Court will decide whether veterans can challenge benefits laws in district court. The case, the stakes, and the incarceration rule behind it.
Eleven of fifteen body systems are rewritten; four remain, including sleep apnea and mental disorders. Where the rulemaking stands and what it means now.
A VA database wrongly closed tens of thousands of legacy appeals. What the Freund settlement reopens, who must request review, and how far back pay reaches.
A remand sends your case back for development the VA skipped. Why it happens, how the loop forms, and the compliance argument that breaks it open.
How long you've held a rating changes what the VA can do to it. The stabilization rule, the ten-year lock, the twenty-year lock, and what P&T really means.
The VA proposed shorter applications for claims, DIC, and pension, with new forms due around December. What it fixes, what it can't, and why to file now.
New legislation would permanently expand the VA's precision oncology program. What it would change, plus the rating trap that costs veterans after treatment.
The VA now pays survivors whichever is greater, DIC or pension, from one claim. What changed, plus the two one-year deadlines tied to nursing home care.