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DVA claims, CSC superannuation, DRCA deadlines, and the entitlements most Australian veterans don't know they have.
12 articles · Most recent first
A claim can be rejected even when the condition isn't in question. Who writes the Statement of Principles, the two standards of proof, and why DRCA veterans need to know this now.
23 September 2026 · 7 min read
Read article →DVA now uses one sole provider for Independent Medical Examinations, and the Royal Commission's provider-choice recommendation was only noted, not committed to. Here's what you can do about your own IME.
15 September 2026 · 7 min read
Read article →If your claim has been sitting for months with no clear answer, you're not imagining it. DVA's own numbers explain the delay, and there are four concrete things you can do right now.
9 September 2026 · 8 min read
Read article →DVA decided a record 238,389 conditions in 2025-26. Claims on hand still rose to 103,074, and MRCA wait times climbed too. Here's what the numbers actually show.
8 September 2026 · 7 min read
Read article →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
Read article →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
Read article →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
Read article →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
Read article →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
Read article →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
Read article →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
Read article →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
Read article →More plain English guides on SRDP and permanent impairment coming soon.
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