Military service members have more of an incentive than the average person to get married and have children. Their pay may actually increase as the size of their family does. However, getting married and having children will also create new responsibilities and complications for military service...
If you're divorcing a spouse who is an active or retired member of the military, you likely have a number of questions about what spousal military benefits you can retain and which you'll lose. For many people, their top priority is their TRICARE health care benefits. Once the divorce is final, f...
Serving in the military is an honorable profession. Unfortunately, our veterans often return home with injuries or pain that make it hard for them to work. There is help available to veterans with disabilities caused by their time in the service. In 2018, the United States Court of Appeals ruled...
You had many good times during your tenure as a service person. You made friends for life, saw much of the world and gained your independence. The downside of this is that you've had to attend war-torn countries. You've seen many tragic events unfold over the years, and the latest tour has taken ...
Military veterans may return from a deployment with injuries that are never going to fully heal. These can happen in combat, or just in the course of their employment, even if they never see any sort of active duty. Training accidents do happen, and simply being in the military means you're expos...
When you are on active duty and are deployed, the last thing you want to worry about is a divorce. There are protections in place to help you, so you can focus on your job rather than what's happening back at home. A deployment divorce can be distracting, upsetting and challenging. However, this ...
Those who serve in the military have an elevated risk for a brain injury when compared with the general public. They can suffer traumatic blows to their head during training or the performance of their jobs. They could also experience violent percussive force if they encounter an explosion that c...
Divorce can take time to finalize, and in the period between filing and signing the final divorce papers, you may meet someone else, be it for a night or forever. Regardless of whether you are in the military or not, it pays to take care. Until the divorce is finalized, you are still technically ...
Countless service members return from their deployment abroad as remarkably different people from when they first headed out on their assignment. These veterans are often unable to seamlessly transition back into a job due to the physical or injuries that they've returned with. Service members wh...
Retired and disabled military veterans will see the largest increase in benefits checks in decades thanks to a new law signed by President Biden on Oct. 8. The law ties the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for veterans benefits to the recent cost-of-living adjustment for people who receive Social...
You may not have been expecting a mesothelioma diagnosis, especially since it has been so many years since you were active in the military. Unfortunately, mesothelioma takes decades to develop in some people, and it has been linked to asbestos exposure during military service in some cases. As a...
Military divorces are much like civilian divorces in many aspects. However, military divorces do have some special rules that can complicate support payments, pensions and access to military benefits. If you're the spouse of a service member, it's important to understand how the military's rules...
There is no escaping the fact that war is loud, so loud that you might not ever escape its effects on your hearing. If you're a veteran of armed conflicts like Desert Storm, for example, your time in the service may have left you with permanent hearing damage or a constant ringing in your ears (t...
There is a lot at stake in any divorce. If you are married to a service member, one thing to consider is how divorce will affect your entitlement to TRICARE. Taking out a new health care policy will be expensive, especially if you have certain pre-existing conditions. You are not the first perso...
Connecting with benefits through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) can take years. However, if you do qualify, VA disability compensation can give you tax-free income to help you cover your living expenses and medical care. To qualify for those benefits, you must have a disability dire...
Many veterans misunderstand or simply do not know about their benefits. Understanding available benefits through the Veterans' Administration can help ensure you can access disability payments, medical care and other programs. These are the facts behind some of the most common VA benefit myths. ...
The Department of Veterans Affairs pays you benefits based on the extent of your disability, expressing your VA disability rating as a percent. The higher your percentage, the more benefits you are eligible for. To put it another way, a 100% disability rating means that you can receive the full c...
