Most of the time when we work with a veteran’s service-connected disability claim, our focus is on maximizing your monthly disability eligibility. On a few occasions, though, you might be faced with the possibility that Veterans Affairs (VA) can reduce your benefits by reducing your disability rating. What is the VA Disability 5-Year Rule?...

Every year on December 1 the VA makes available on its website the disability compensation rates for the current year. These rates remain effective until November 30th of the following year. Your VA disability compensation for any year depends on three general factors: the level of your disability from your active duty service, the...

As a military service veteran with a service-connected disability, or a service-connected condition, you are entitled to the maximum amount of monthly disability benefits that you qualify for, up to a 100 percent or total disability rating. Qualifying for Total Disability Benefits You have multiple ways to qualify for a 100 percent disability rating....

Many veterans are aware that their monthly benefits can increase at the start of the new calendar year. However, few understand how and why this process happens. Unlike social security disability insurance benefits—which are required, by law, to increase each year based upon the Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) for that fiscal year—there is...

On April 3rd, 2023, the editorial board of the Washington Post published an opinion piece regarding veterans’ disability benefits. As one would typically expect, the piece is chock full of misrepresentations, misunderstandings, and downright insults to veterans who have incurred life-altering disabilities in service of our Nation. So, we here at Stone Rose Law,...