VA Claims Insider

If you think you’ve already filed for everything you’re entitled to and just have to accept the VA rating you have, recent VBA data says otherwise for most veterans.

Across the 6,338,253 veterans currently receiving VA di...

Most veterans spend years focused on their own disability rating and never plan for what happens to their family if a service-connected condition eventually takes their life. 

That’s understandable. It’s not a comfortable thing to think about.  

But the VBA data shows a sharp, specific surge in survivor cla...

Many veterans know their own monthly disability compensation amount down to the dollar. Far fewer know what that number looks like at scale — how much the VA pays out in total, where that money concentrates, and how quickly it’s growing. The FY2025 VBA Compensation Report puts real numbers behind those questions, and the picture it paints is bigg...

According to the Veterans Benefits Administration Annual Benefits Report for Fiscal Year 2025, nearly 1.85 million veterans now receive compensation at the 100% disability level. That’s a...

BLUF: A TERA concession helps your VA disability claim, but it doesn’t automatically win it.

Many veterans are surprised to learn that a Toxic Exposure Risk Activity (TERA) concession does not guarantee service connection or VA disability benefits.

While a TERA concession is a favorable finding that acknowledges your