Veterans with significant disabilities, like spinal cord injuries and disorders (SCI/D), require specialized and long-term services and supports throughout their lives. Unfortunately, the number of veterans requiring this level of care greatly exceeds VA’s existing capacity...

Taking care of survivors honors the commitment made to our veterans and military members. Survivors may be eligible for certain VA benefits and services, but improvements are needed for those left behind to assist them in rebuilding their lives.The cornerstone of VA...

Military Sexual Trauma, or MST, is a prevalent issue in military and veteran communities that impacts men and women. MST refers to sexual assault or sexual harassment experienced during military service. While many veterans have experienced MST, survivors often feel alone...

The Department of Veterans Affairs' Home and Improvements and Structural Alterations (HISA) grants help veterans and service members make medically necessary improvements and structural alterations to their primary residence. This includes improving the entrance or exit...

More than nine million veterans and their families receive retirement, disability, or survivor benefits from Social Security and, together, they comprise approximately 35 percent of the Social Security beneficiary population. PVA supports legislation that would set a more...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) to qualified survivors of service members and veterans. Eligible survivors can also receive an additional $305.28 per month in DIC when a veteran who, at the time of death, was in...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is currently authorized to provide eligible veterans with a one-time grant of approximately $21,500 to be used to purchase a new or used vehicle. Additionally, veterans with service-connected conditions can be reimbursed for certain...

VA’s clothing allowance is an annual sum of money paid to veterans with service-connected disabilities who have clothing that is damaged by their prosthetic or orthopedic devices (such as a wheelchair) or by medicine they are taking for a skin condition. Veterans must apply...

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is over thirty years old. Yet, many small businesses in older buildings are unable to welcome people with disabilities into their facilities because of the substantial costs of barrier removal. A Disabled Access Credit up to $5000...

Thousands of service members have suffered a genitourinary injury, resulting in the loss of, or compromised ability, to have a child. Among those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, genital injuries, most of which were a result of ground-based explosive mechanisms, were...

Over thirty-five years ago, President Ronald Reagan signed the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) into law. The ACAA prohibits disability-based discrimination in air travel. Prior to passage of the ACAA, people with disabilities were routinely forced to travel with an attendant...

The Disability Employment Incentive Act (DEIA) would make long overdue improvements in the Disability Access Expenditures Tax Credit and the Architectural and Transportation Barrier Removal Tax Deduction. The tax credit is available to small businesses with gross receipts...

Access to an adapted vehicle is essential to the mobility and health of catastrophically disabled veterans who need a reliable means of transportation to get them to and from work and attend medical appointments, as well as meet family obligations. The current,...