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The Compensation Service provides tax-free monetary benefits to veterans with disabilities resulting from or aggravated by military service. Veterans can apply for disability compensation online, by mail, or in person at a VA regional office. VBA evaluates claims based on the severity of the disability and its impact on the veteran's ability to ...
The GG pay rates are identical to published GS pay rates. The remaining 29 percent were paid under other systems such as the Federal Wage System (WG, for federal blue-collar civilian employees), the Senior Executive Service and the Executive Schedule for high-ranking federal employees, and other unique pay schedules used by some agencies such ...
With two months of data still pending, current estimates suggest a 2.57% COLA increase for 2025, which would add about $50 per month to benefits, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Disability ratings theoretically represent a veteran's "average impairment in earnings capacity", on a scale from 0 to 100. Veterans who file a disability claim due to PTSD almost always receive a compensation and pension examination by VA-employed or VA-contracted psychologists or psychiatrists. Social scientists and others have expressed ...
The VA offers several education and career readiness programs including tuition assistance, vocational training, and career counseling. [6] The Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (commonly known as the "Post 9/11 GI Bill") provides full tuition and fees at four-year colleges or other qualified educational programs for Veterans who served on active duty for at least 3 years ...
Anyone who has waded through federal government bureaucracy probably won't be surprised to learn that different agencies have vastly different rules -- even when those rules involve the same thing....
The projected 2025 COLA for Social Security is 2.5%, according to an emailed September 11 TSCL press release, resulting in another drop. That percentage is likely to change, but the concern is ...
Hostile fire pay/imminent danger pay: Monthly pay that appears on the LES as "HFP/IDP". Sometimes referred to as "combat pay". [8] Hazardous duty pay: Monthly additional pay for certain "hazardous" duty assignments, such as the flight deck operations personnel on an aircraft carrier. Other examples are parachuting and scuba diving.