Browse By Subject
Find a Topic
Disability ratings and claims
- Accrued benefits and substitution
- Adding a spouse, children or parents to your VA compensation
- Annual clothing allowance
- Apportionment: sharing part of a veteran's VA pay
- Back Pay: Is It VA, DFAS or OWCP?
- Are VA disability payments taxable?
- Automobile allowance and adaptive equipment
- Bad discharge? You are not automatically locked out
- Benefits Delivery at Discharge (BDD)
- Burn Pit Registry and Toxic Exposure Screening
- Camp Lejeune Water Contamination
- Claim Planner
- Clear and Unmistakable Error (CUE): fixing an old final decision
- Does a Secondary Condition Have to Be Permanent?
- Exposure alone is not a disability
- Favorable findings in your VA decision
- Hearing loss: the VA rating and the audiology exam
- How Many Veterans Are at Each VA Rating
- How to get a copy of your VA claims file (C-file)
- Hurt by VA care? Section 1151 claims
- Hypertension and the VA rating
- Incarceration and VA benefits: what is reduced and what your family can claim
- Individual Unemployability (TDIU): the 100% pay rate when you cannot work
- Knee Ratings: Bending, Straightening and Instability
- Lost your DD-214? How to get a copy
- Mental health rating changes: what is proposed
- Migraine: the VA rating and the exam
- Need proof of your VA rating? Download the letter
- PACT Act claim errors: what to check on a denial
- Pension Aid and Attendance and Housebound
- Plan Your Transition
- Plan Your VA Claim
- Prepare Your VA Claim
- Protected ratings: the 5, 10 and 20 year rules
- Secondary Conditions to a Shoulder Condition
- Temporary 100% rating after surgery or a cast
- Temporary 100% rating for a hospital stay over 21 days
- The paired organs and extremities rule
- Tinnitus and the VA rating
- TMJ and VA dental care
- Tort claims vs VA disability claims
- VA disability pay rates for 2026
- VA disability, SSDI and working
- Upload Photos and Evidence for Your VA Claim
- VA Fiduciary Program
- VA scar ratings: painful or unstable scars
- VA Veterans Pension
- Veteran scams and claim sharks: who may charge for claim help
- What is an ACE exam?
- Why your claim went back to Step 3
- Will VA lower my rating because my medication works?
VA health care
- 2026 VA Copay Rates and Who Pays Nothing
- Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Yoga and Other Non-Drug Pain Care at VA
- CHAMPVA health coverage for families
- CHCBP: the 60-day health coverage bridge
- Community care: when VA must let you see a local doctor
- Copay Hardship and Debt Relief at VA
- Emergency care at a non-VA hospital: the 72-hour rule
- Family caregiver stipend and benefits (PCAFC)
- Free emergency suicide crisis care
- Health Care for Children With Spina Bifida or Covered Birth Defects
- No VA rating? You may still have VA health care
- State Veterans Homes and the VA Per Diem
- Substance Use Treatment at VA
- TBI screening and rehabilitation
- The 8 VA Priority Groups and What Moves You Up
- TRICARE TAMP: 180 days of free coverage
- VA Dental Insurance Program (VADIP)
- VA Homemaker and Home Health Aide care
- VA long-term care: nursing homes, assisted living, adult day
- VA respite care: a break for the family caregiver
- VA Solid Start: VA calls you in your first year
- VA Travel Pay: Mileage Rate and Deductible
- VA urgent care benefit (walk-in clinics, no referral)
- Vet Centers: free confidential counseling
- Veteran Directed Care (VDC)
- Your child is turning 21: TRICARE Young Adult
Education and training
- Army Pays for Your Civilian Credential
- Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship
- Filing for GI Bill test fee reimbursement
- Fry Scholarship
- GI Bill Flight Training
- Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve (Chapter 1606)
- Schools That Have Exhibited at Our Fairs
- Student Loan Discharge for Disabled Veterans
- Transferring your Post-9/11 GI Bill to your spouse or children
- VA Chapter 36: free career and school counseling
- VA Tutorial Assistance
- VA Work-Study Allowance
- Veterans Upward Bound
- Yellow Ribbon Program: extra tuition help
Home loans and money
- Behind on your VA mortgage? The VA Partial Claim
- Colorado veteran state benefits
- How Social Security works with other countries
- Kansas veteran state benefits
- Military Lending Act: the 36% cap on loans
- Missouri veteran state benefits
- Native American Direct Loan (NADL)
- Nebraska veteran state benefits
- Oklahoma veteran state benefits
- SAH and SHA adapted housing grants: the real dollar amounts
- SCRA Lease Notice: How to Send It and When It Ends
- VA cash-out refinance
- VA IRRRL: the streamline refinance
- Your remaining VA loan entitlement
Jobs and hiring
Military retirement, transition and survivors
- Blended Retirement System: what you get at 20 and the lump sum choice
- CRDP: Military Retired Pay and VA Disability Together
- CRSC: Combat-Related Special Compensation
- Extra Social Security credit for your military service
- National Guard and Reserve: What Service Counts for VA Benefits
- Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) for Military Retirees
- Survivors Pension: money for widows, widowers and children
- Terminal Leave and Selling Back Leave When You Get Out
- TSGLI: The Traumatic Injury Payout ($25,000 to $100,000)
- VA pre-need burial eligibility
Military families and spouses
Business tools
Legal help, rights and deadlines
- ADA, Service Animals and Fair Housing for Veterans
- Bankruptcy, Debt Collectors and Garnishment for Veterans
- Free Legal Help for Veterans
- Military Divorce, Retired Pay and VA Benefits
- Military Naturalization for Veterans and Families
- VA and Legal Deadlines Quick Reference
- Veterans Treatment Courts and Justice Outreach
- Who Can Legally Help With Your VA Claim
- Wills, Powers of Attorney and Advance Directives
Veteran's Strategic Solutions LLC is not an accredited Veterans Service Organization, not a law firm, not a lender and not a tax advisor. These pages are informational only and are not legal, financial, medical or tax advice. Never pay anyone to file a VA claim.
Veterans Crisis Line: dial 988, then press 1, or text 838255.