VA officials have confirmed that earlier reports about a VA disability stimulus payment for veterans are false.
The same VA officials suggested misinformation circulating the internet caused confusion for veterans between the 2024 Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) increase of 3.2% with a VA disability stimulus payment.
In a different article posted online, VA disability expert Brian Reese discusses the truth about the purported VA stimulus checks for veterans.
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Summary of Key Points
- Veterans will not receive a VA disability stimulus check in 2024.
- There have been numerous fake news reports circulating on the internet of veterans receiving disability stimulus payments by various online news media outlets.
- VA officials highlight the confusion likely arose from a false report between the 2024 3.2% COLA increase with a 2024 VA disability stimulus check.
How Did This Confusion Happen?
The confusion is likely the result of false reporting by multiple media outlets that veterans were set to receive a disability stimulus check this year.
AARP recently reported that content farms using Artificial Intelligence (AI) as well as foreign influence are contributing to the rise of false reports regarding stimulus checks for both seniors and veterans.
VA Stimulus Payment: Real or Fake?
Confirmed to be fake by VA and IRS officials.
Neither the VA nor the IRS offers any kind stimulus payments to veterans or seniors.
Will Veterans Get a 2024 VA Disability Stimulus Check?
Despite what’s been reported online, veterans will not receive a VA disability stimulus check or booster payment in 2024.
According to VA officials, the VA does not issue any type of disability stimulus or booster payment to veterans.
Furthermore, the IRS confirmed that nobody, including veterans, is getting any form a federal stimulus payment in 2024.
2024 3.2% COLA Increase vs. 2024 VA Stimulus Payments
VA officials have indicated that misinformation circulating online may have led to confusion between the 3.2% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) increase for 2024 and potential stimulus payments for VA disability.
It is true; however, that VA disability rates, VA pension rates, and special monthly compensation rates all increased by 3.2% in 2024.
About the Author
Brian Reese
Brian Reese is one of the top VA disability benefits experts in the world and bestselling author of You Deserve It: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Veteran Benefits You’ve Earned (Second Edition).
Brian’s frustration with the VA claim process led him to create VA Claims Insider, which provides disabled veterans with tips, strategies, and lessons learned to win their VA disability compensation claim, faster, even if they’ve already filed, been denied, gave up, or don’t know where to start.
As the founder of VA Claims Insider and CEO of Military Disability Made Easy, he has helped serve more than 10 million military members and veterans since 2013 through free online educational resources.
He is a former active duty Air Force officer with extensive experience leading hundreds of individuals and multi-functional teams in challenging international environments, including a combat tour to Afghanistan in 2011 supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM.
Brian is a Distinguished Graduate of Management from the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO, and he holds an MBA from Oklahoma State University’s Spears School of Business, Stillwater, OK, where he was a National Honor Scholar (Top 1% of Graduate School class).