IRS debt and VA compensation

Question:

Hi Jim. Love your site. Thanks. My question is does the VA inform the IRS of the disability payments sent out? I owe them some money so I was wondering if the IRS would help themselves to my disability pay.

Jim's Reply:

The IRS may be able to attach your VA disability money to pay debt to the IRS. There are a ton of details and what ifs that come with this but in brief, your VA payment is not protected from debt to the government.