Military.com Benefit News Military.com Benefit NewsTricare After Active Duty: What Actually Happens to Your Health Insurance December 31, 2025Many service members don't sort out their civilian health insurance until they're already out and scrambling. The confusion costs money and creates gaps in coverage that leave families exposed.Here’s Why January Is the Best Time to File Your VA Disability Claim December 31, 2025The VA is processing claims faster than ever. The backlog is the lowest it's been in years. And your 2024 medical records are ready to request.EMDR: The PTSD Treatment Many Veterans Don't Know the VA Offers December 30, 2025Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) sounds complicated, but the treatment itself is straightforward.Why the Winter Blues Make PTSD Symptoms Worse and What Veterans Can Do About It December 30, 2025Winter amplifies PTSD symptoms through biology, darkness and isolation that hits veterans hard.Veterans Often Overlook These VA Disability Claims: Secondary Conditions Explained December 29, 2025Secondary conditions are disabilities caused by conditions the Department of Veterans Affairs already recognizes as service connected. The VA rates them separately and adds the percentage to your overall disability rating.When Does the VA Cover Care at Non-VA Facilities? December 24, 2025Understanding community care, emergency coverage and urgent care rules under the VA MISSION Act.When Home Feels Half Empty: Military Families Navigate Holiday Deployments December 23, 2025Here are resources and strategies for families spending the holidays separated by deployment.What's Open at VA During the Holidays? Here's What Veterans Need to Know December 22, 2025Department of Veterans Affairs clinics close for Christmas and New Year's, but emergency departments and crisis services operate 24/7.Military Families Finally Get More Money During Deployments December 22, 2025Congress increased family separation pay to $300 a month after the Pentagon did not act on the authority to raise it higher for nearly two years.VA Doctors Can Finally Look You in the Eye, Thanks to a New AI Tool December 17, 2025A new ambient AI scribe takes notes during appointments so Department of Veterans Affairs providers can focus on patients instead of computers.
