Veterans receive a disability rating from zero to 100%, a figure meant to quantify how severely a service-connected condition ...

The VA paused a rule that bases compensation on how a veteran does on medication and not on the injury or illness, but it ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that the VA disability claims backlog dipped below 100,000 for the first time ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs is halting enforcement of a new rule for determining disability payments after veterans across the US expressed outrage for what they said would likely reduce ...

Discover essential federal and state benefits for families with disabled children, including SSI, Medicaid, and TANF, to ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is taking an important step to improve how we serve the public by joining the ...

Disability benefits are available for people with certain types of disabling back pain and their dependents. To qualify, you’ll need supporting evidence like medical records and test results. Share on ...

Typically, your SSDI benefits will automatically switch to Social Security retirement benefits. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us ...

There’s also a five-month elimination period before Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits begin. That means ...