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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 Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, passed in June 2023, resolved that year's debt-ceiling crisis and set spending caps for FY2024 and FY2025. The act called for $895 billion in defense spending and $711 billion in non-defense discretionary spending for fiscal year 2025, representing a 1% increase over fiscal year 2024. [11]
Transfer payments to (persons) as a percent of Federal revenue in the United States Transfer payments to (persons + business) in the United States. CBO projects that spending for Social Security, healthcare programs and interest costs will rise relative to GDP between 2017 and 2027, while defense and other discretionary spending will decline relative to GDP.
Project 2025 is an extensive plan that some think the Republicans are looking to implement on Day 1 of Trump’s potential second term. It calls for the dismantling of many federal programs and a ...
Although the VA established a goal to complete all Legacy appeals by the end of calendar year 2022, VA as a whole had an inventory of 59,364 legacy appeals awaiting review at the end of CY 2023, with 40% of those (23,967) under Board jurisdiction. [10]
COLA over the last decade: 2025 to 2024. COLA has varied widely over the past 10 years. The lowest COLA in that timeframe was in 2016 at 0.0%, and the highest was in 2023, when COLA was a whopping ...
The United States federal budget for fiscal year 2023 ran from October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023. The government was initially funded through a series of three temporary continuing resolutions. The final funding package was passed as an omnibus spending bill, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023.
In 2022, 2023, and 2024, beneficiaries enjoyed respective increases to their Social Security checks of 5.9%, 8.7%, and 3.2%. In 2025, this increase might be a bit more modest than in recent years.