Veterans’ Benefits

Advocates for veterans have put forth two new pieces of legislation that would make it easier for veterans in Texas and their families to take advantage of educational benefits. These education benefits are an essential part of the larger benefits package offered to...

The United States Senate finally passed a bill this week that has been stalled since September, which provides an increase in veterans benefits to compensate for a cost-of-living adjustment. The increase will take affect for January benefits payments and is likely to...

According to a recent report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, veterans serving in the military since September 11, 2001 have an unemployment rate of almost 11 percent. The nationwide employment rate is about eight percent. Experts say that a variety of factors are...

Veterans in Texas are waiting a year or more on average to have benefits claims reviewed, according to a local news report. The long wait times are apparently a result of the fact that Texas has only two VA centers that process claims, and those centers have a fairly...

As an increasing number of active duty service members return from abroad, more and more of them are being forced into early retirement by an injury or mental illness. Injuries and mental illness have become more common among Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans than...

Many in the veteran's community have been concerned about the effect of budget cuts to defense spending. The defense department faces significant potential budget cuts if lawmakers fail to reach an agreement on balancing the budget before sequestration provisions from...

Houston residents may associate post-traumatic stress disorder with the wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan because of the well-publicized effects of those conflicts on those who served in them. But the combat conditions that produce it were no less present in prior...