Secondary conditions are disabilities caused by conditions the Department of Veterans Affairs already recognizes as service connected. The VA rates them separately and adds the percentage to your ...

On Dec. 19, during the end-of-the-year bill signing extravaganza, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed state Sen. Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.'s landmark bill that gives ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs is issuing a rule that will add nine rare respiratory cancers to its list of presumptive service-connected disabilities for veterans exposed to toxins in burn pits ...

VA disability compensation functions as government payment for service-connected harm, not welfare, and the language used to ...