Understanding Veterans Benefits Workshop

The benefits offered by the VA and the IDVA are your benefits. The program will help you understand what they are to and how to get them. Saturday, May 1, 2021 Read more [...]

IRS reopens $500 per Veteran child Economic Impact Payment, Sign up for Veteran Expeditions

Posted on September 18, 2020 by nwvuwebmaster

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has reopened the registration period for claiming an Economic Impact Payment. Individuals who receive Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, Railroad Retirement, or certain Veterans benefits – but didn’t receive the $500 payment per child earlier this year – can still file for the $500 payment. Read more [...]

VA taking steps to improve timeliness of benefit compensation appeals process

Posted on May 1, 2017 by nwvuwebmaster

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) is taking steps to improve the timeliness of its benefit compensation appeals process, in which veterans who are dissatisfied with claims decisions by the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) can appeal first to VBA, and then to the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (the Board). Read more [...]