We see this proposed cut as another way to try to get after something that some people think is rated too high,” one veterans advocate said.

Greater compensation for combat-injured veterans may be funded through cuts to future disability benefits for others.

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When workers suffer injuries on the job, or sustain illness or injury away from the job that result in absence from work, in some cases disability or workers' compensation benefits are available.

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Congress is currently considering a significant expansion of veterans’ disability compensation in HR 2102, the Major Richard Star Act. It would allow approximately 400,000 military retirees to receive ...

A bill sponsored by senior Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran could put important decisions into the hands of politicians, not doctors.

The opposition comes as part of a fight over a sweeping legislative package that could affect more than 1 million veterans.

After 25 years in the U.S. Army, Isah Kushma moved to Costa Rica. Her pension and VA disability compensation helped make the ...

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Disability compensation rate increases, like those of most other federal benefits, are tied to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures a broad sampling of the cost of consumer goods and ...