Everyday in court rooms across the country severely disabled U.S. military veterans are wrongfully stripped of their earned disability compensation by civil court judges and divorce attorneys. This happens when a judge equates veteran’s disability compensation payments as ‘income’ and therefore a divisible marital asset. The VDPA was created to end this practice nationwide.
VA disability compensation is awarded tax-free to a veteran injured in combat, or in the line of duty. This compensation is federally protected from attachment of any kind under USC, Title 38, §5301. The majority of civil court judges do not recognize this Federal law, and divorce attorneys refuse to use this federal code to protect a veteran’s disability benefits from attachment.