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Financial Service Pension

Your DVA pension numbers moved on 1 July. Here's what most veterans still get wrong about them.

Service Pension income and asset limits went up on 1 July 2026. Here's what your DVA payment doesn't count as, what a working partner actually changes, and the catch worth knowing about first.

4 August 2026  ·  7 min read

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News DVA

The New Veteran and Family Wellbeing Agency Is Live. Here's What's Actually Behind It.

DVA's Veteran and Family Wellbeing Agency launched 1 July 2026. Here's what's actually live, what it does, and how it fits with the Veterans' and Families' Hubs you may already know.

22 July 2026  ·  3 min read

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Claims Gold Card

Most veterans think the Gold Card bar is higher than it actually is.

The Gold Card threshold under the MRCA is 60 impairment points, not total incapacity. Here's how the threshold actually works, and how DVA and CSC entitlements interact.

8 July 2026  ·  2 min read

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Claims CSC

Two things almost no one tells you about your DVA and CSC money.

DVA can be legally required to redirect your DRCA or MRCA compensation to the Child Support Agency before it ever reaches you. And your CSC invalidity pension can be split in a divorce, just like any other super account.

5 July 2026  ·  4 min read

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MRCA 2026 Claims

Your existing DVA claim is safe. Here's what actually changes on 1 July.

A law closing to new claims is not the same as payments stopping. For most veterans, 1 July changes nothing about the money in their account. Here's who it actually affects — and what a new claim looks like under MRCA.

26 June 2026  ·  6 min read

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Death Benefits MRCA 2026

MRCA Death Benefits 2026: What Your Family Is Entitled To

From 1 July 2026, DVA unifies all death benefit claims under MRCA. A war widow or widower pension of $611.70 per week, a lump sum of up to $191,959, funeral costs, and new rights for children — here is what applies, who qualifies, and the two-year window that cannot be extended.

23 June 2026  ·  8 min read

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Claims Medical Discharge

What the DRCA deadline actually covers, and what it doesn't.

Lodging before 30 June locks in the evidential standard for initial liability only. Here's why that still matters — and what medically discharging ADF members need to know about three simultaneous payment streams.

17 June 2026  ·  7 min read

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Claims DRCA Closed: 1 July 2026

DRCA closed to new claims on 1 July 2026.

If you served before 2004 and have conditions you've never claimed, here's how the DRCA and MRCA evidential standards differ, and what applies to your claim now.

15 June 2026  ·  6 min read

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