Veterans of Foreign Wars - VFW NC

09/16/2026

Budget rules do not force Congress to reduce future disability compensation for veterans with service-connected tinnitus or sleep apnea. That is a choice, not a requirement.

Congress created PAYGO, and Congress has changed, waived, and adjusted its budget rules when it chose to do so.

Lawmakers should not hide this choice behind a budget rule. Remove Section 108 and pass the provisions veterans need without making future disabled veterans pay for them.
Congressman Brad Knott
Congressman Pat Harrigan
Congressman Addison McDowell
Rep. Virginia Foxx
Congressman Don Davis
Congresswoman Deborah Ross

09/16/2026

Protecting existing disability ratings does not solve the problem.

Not every service-connected condition appears when someone leaves the military. Some veterans will not understand the full effects of their service for years. Others are still serving and have not become veterans yet.

Grandfathering current ratings does nothing for them. Veterans’ benefits should not depend on whether someone filed a claim before or after Congress changed the rules.

“Current veterans are protected” is not good enough. We must protect the veteran who needs us tomorrow, too. Remove Section 108.
Congressman Greg Murphy, MD
Rep. David Rouzer
Rep. Mark Harris
Congressman Tim Moore
Congressman Chuck Edwards
Congressman Brad Knott
Richard Hudson

09/16/2026

It has recieved the last signature needed.

09/15/2026

We are on Capitol Hill. Advocating for our VFW National priorities.

1. No to Section 108 of TCAVA
2. Passing the Major Richard Star Act
3. TAPS - Transition From Service
4. Written Informed Consent

A day full of meeting with our NC Representatives.

09/13/2026

Recruiting event Saturday, September 12 at Old Grouch's Military Surplus 82 Main Street Clyde, NC. Picked up some new members for starting a NEW POST Veterans of Foreign Wars - Clyde, NC. Great day even with the rain.
The Leader Magazine
VFW NC District 17

09/11/2026

09/07/2026

09/05/2026

Veterans, caregivers, and survivors may rely on different benefits, but they are all part of the same promise our country makes to those who serve and the families who stand beside them.
Congress should not strengthen support for one group by weakening it for another. Veterans, caregivers, and survivors are not competing line items in a budget.
Pass the provisions that are needed without cutting future veterans’ disability benefits. We all deserve better than this. Remove Section 108.

Congressman Greg Murphy, MD
Rep. Mark Harris
Rep. David Rouzer
Rep. Virginia Foxx
Congressman Tim Moore
Congressman Brad Knott

09/02/2026

Vote "NO" on the Take Care of America's Veterans Act" because of Section 108.