2026 VA disability compensation projected payment schedule with months and corresponding payment dates

2026 V.A. Disability Payment Schedule and Rates

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pays disability compensation on the first business day of the following month. When the first falls on a weekend or federal holiday, payments are issued on the last preceding business day. The 2026 2.8% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) reflects in payments received beginning December 2025.  2026 VA DISABILITY PAYMENT…

32 years later, I came undone.

I am a MST survivor.  Military Sexual Assault. Sexual Assault. Rape.  My sexual assault occurred in 1984 in Frankfurt, Germany. I had been in-country less than two weeks, and this was my first duty station. I was 18, a private (PV2), my rapist was a sergeant. Alcohol was involved. I was not able to stop…