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On October 10, 2024, the Social Security Administration announced a 2.5% benefit increase for 2025. This cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is smaller than last year’s COLA which saw a benefit increase of 3.2%. Over the last decade, the COLA increase has averaged about...
Veterans have recently been receiving text message communication from the VA regarding their VA care and benefits. In the age of phishing scams and internet fraud, many Veterans understandably have concerns that these text messages are some form of trojan horse...
As we have finally entered the “BER” months of September, October, November, December, we are reaching closer to the Holiday season. We just had Labor Day in September, Fall is upon us, Harvest season in October, Thanksgiving in November, and...
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced the allocation of $5 million in grants to organizations dedicated to supporting recently separated members of the Armed Forces and their spouses. This funding aims to provide employment-based resources and...
There are two mistakes that blue-collar workers often make when they develop disabling medical conditions. The first is that they ignore the early warning signs of their conditions. Many blue-collar professionals pride themselves on their work ethic and may go to...
Under the Social Security Act, monthly benefits can be paid to children of insured workers who have either died, become disabled, or retired. These benefits are called auxiliary benefits. To be eligible, a child must be the biological or adopted child of an insured...
Having a child born with disabilities or a child who later in development shows signs of a disabling condition can be very disheartening to a parent. You may wonder what benefits are even available to a child. Children ages birth until age 18 may be eligible for...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has long been a crucial lifeline for millions of Veterans, providing essential healthcare and benefits to those who have served the nation. However, over the years, disparities in access to these services have become...
While most Veterans are familiar with disability benefits that can be claimed through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for service-connected disorders, you may not know that you could be entitled to benefits based on age or non-service-connected disabilities or...
The VA has revamped the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry to contain the names of approximately 4.7 million current and former service members from campaigns as far back as 1990. The latest version of the registry makes inclusion automatic and based on...