Dole Act Becomes Law: What It Means to Veterans and Caregivers
Jan 6, 2025 · The president signed the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act into law Jan. 2, after years of arduous advocacy by MOAA and more than 40 other veterans organizations. This landmark bipartisan bill, representing more than 90 pieces of legislation developed throughout the 118th Congress, provides significant relief to veterans and their families by ...
NDAA Recap: What’s In, and What’s Out, of the Final Bill
Dec 24, 2024 · MOAA supported dozens of provisions that made the cut, but work remains for the new Congress.
MOAA - Are You Eligible for Additional VA Education Benefits?
Jan 6, 2025 · VA beneficiaries who received an education claim decision on or after Aug. 15, 2018, will have their claim reviewed and be notified of any new benefit eligibility, according to the VA’s webpage outlining the benefit change.But veterans who have never filed a claim, or who last filed a claim before that date, must act if they want to secure their new benefits.
Long-Sought Bill Improving Veteran, Caregiver Support Heads to ...
Dec 17, 2024 · The Dec. 16 passage of a bipartisan slate of VA health care and benefits improvements marks a major milestone for veterans, caregivers, and survivors, with the legislation addressing issues from long-term care services to claims processing to resources for student veterans and many other critical VA programs.
MOAA - My Account
The Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) is the country's leading organization protecting the rights of military servicemembers and their families. Those who belong to MOAA not only lend their voices to a greater cause, but they also gain access to extensive benefits tailored to the needs and lifestyles of military officers. MOAA members proudly hail from every branch of the ...
MOAA - MOAA Home Page
6 hours ago · The Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) is the country's leading organization protecting the rights of military servicemembers and their families. Those who belong to MOAA not only lend their voices to a greater cause, but they also gain access to extensive benefits tailored to the needs and lifestyles of military officers. MOAA members proudly hail from every branch of the ...
Here’s Why Defining ‘Gold Star’ Makes a Difference for Survivors
Jun 11, 2024 · There is no legal definition of “Gold Star” in statute. DoD issues a Gold Star Lapel Button to next of kin of a servicemember who lost his or her life (see DoD Instruction 1348.36 for additional details). Unfortunately, the DoD instruction leaves out many thousands of survivors whose servicemember died outside of combat – in a helicopter crash during a training event, for example – as ...
MOAA - COLA Watch
The Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) is the country's leading organization protecting the rights of military servicemembers and their families. Those who belong to MOAA not only lend their voices to a greater cause, but they also gain access to extensive benefits tailored to the needs and lifestyles of military officers. MOAA members proudly hail from every branch of the ...
MOAA - I Am a Currently Serving Officer
Feb 5, 2025 · The Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) is the country's leading organization protecting the rights of military servicemembers and their families. Those who belong to MOAA not only lend their voices to a greater cause, but they also gain access to extensive benefits tailored to the needs and lifestyles of military officers. MOAA members proudly hail from every branch of the ...
MOAA’s Military State Report Card and Tax Guide
May 17, 2024 · MOAA has consolidated the annual State Report Card and State Tax Guide. The color-coded maps below assess each state on the taxability of military retired pay and survivor benefits (top map) and whether states have enacted legislation addressing servicemember and military family issues tracked by the Defense-State Liaison Office (bottom map).