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Sweeping VA overhaul would let retirees keep both pensions and disability pay

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Sponsor: Jerry Moran · Senator · KS

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Official title: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act

119th Congress

Topics: Security & foreign affairs

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The Take Care of America's Veterans Act would let combat-disabled retirees collect both retirement pay and disability compensation at once.

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What does this do?

S 4744 is a broad package changing VA compensation, education, health care, staffing, burial benefits, and claims processing. It lets combat-disabled retirees receive full retirement and disability pay simultaneously, extends survivor benefits after remarriage, expands ALS survivor compensation, and adds pilot programs on toxic exposure, opioid rescue access, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. It also expands community care, telehealth, service dogs, and reforms the Board of Veterans' Appeals to reduce delays.

Who does it affect?

Veterans, military retirees, their spouses and survivors, and VA employees and contractors.

Why does it matter?

The changes would reshape how quickly and consistently veterans receive benefits and care, while adding new eligibility rules and administrative processes for VA staff to implement.

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  1. IntroducedJun 10, 2026
  2. Senate committee
  3. Senate voteYou are here · Jun 11, 2026
  4. House
  5. The president's desk

Right now: it was placed on the , and the official record shows no floor action on it since. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the president.

Latest action: — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 433.

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