As defined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), a service-connected condition means an illness or injury that was caused by, or got worse because of, active military service. Veterans who ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has established updated burial allowance benefits for service-connected deaths in 2025, providing financial assistance to eligible survivors and family members ...

—A recent study investigating factors affecting VA service connection denial for PTSD claims related to military sexual trauma found that citing sexual harassment were more likely to be denied than ...

VA presumes that specific disabilities diagnosed in certain veterans were caused by their military service. VA does this because of the unique circumstances of their military service. If one of these ...

This chapter summarizes what is known about how aggravation of preservice disability and secondary claims are evaluated and rated, and provides recommendations on how the current process can be ...

Veterans take part in the Department of Veterans Affairs' 2025 National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic in San Diego. (Department of Veterans Affairs) A Marine Corps veteran rated 70% for post-traumatic ...