United States Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Compensation and Pension Benefits Page

What's New?

Expediting Fully Developed Claims:
On December 17, 2008, VA began a one-year pilot program at 10 regional offices to assess the feasibility and advisability of processing within 90 days after receipt fully developed compensation and pension claims. A Certification of Fully Developed Claim should accompany each claim submitted under this pilot program. For additional details, please see the news release VA Announces Pilot Program To Expedite "Fully Developed" Claims.

New! 2008-2009 rates for Compensation and Pension benefits are now available.

Introducing Logo of Go DirectGo Direct, an easier and more convenient alternative for VA compensation and pension beneficiaries to enroll in direct deposit. This option is currently unavailable for education benefits, vocational rehabilitation benefits or Compensation/Pension payees receiving benefits through a guardian or conservator.

“A Summary of VA Benefits” - PDF document.  A concise outline of VA benefits in pamphlet form. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat software installed, you may Download free viewer and reader software to view the document.

A new Pension Benefits Home Page

DISCHARGE DOCUMENTS (DD-214) NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE!
The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) has provided the following website for veterans or their next of kin to gain access to their DD-214 online: http://vetrecs.archives.gov/.

A new Survivor Benefits Home Page

An Operations Enduring & Iraqi Freedom web page is now available.

DoD implements Combat Related Special Compensation for Certain Military Retirees. Visit the Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC) Web Site for more information.

Who We Are

Compensation & Pension Service administers a variety of benefits and services for veterans, their dependents and survivors, including, but not limited to: service-connected compensation, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC), non-service connected pension, burial & accrued benefits, guardianship and public contact services. This page contains information about what benefits we administer.

It also holds our Disclaimer and Mission Statements. We encourage your comments and suggestions about our site.

To inquire concerning the status of your compensation, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC), pension, burial, accrued, clothing allowance, automobile, specially adapted housing, or spina bifida claim or to ask any general Compensation & Pension (C&P) benefit question, you may call our toll-free number:

1-800-827-1000.

For an answer to a benefits question go to:
E-mail Contacts Page


VA Claims Processing Task Force Report - October 2001

Click here to download a zipped version (4.4 Mb) of the report. The zip file contains the full report in Adobe pdf format (8.3 Mb). If you do not have Adobe Acrobat software installed, you may download free viewer and reader software to view the report.