Notice2021-27043
Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Service-Connected Benefits
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Published
December 14, 2021
Effective
December 1, 2021
Issuing agencies
Veterans Affairs Department
Abstract
As required by the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2021, VA is hereby giving notice of adjustments in certain benefit rates. These adjustments affect the compensation program.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71124-71125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27043]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Service-Connected Benefits
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living
Adjustment Act of 2021, VA is hereby giving notice of adjustments in
certain benefit rates. These adjustments affect the compensation
program.
DATES: These adjustments became effective on December 1, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Imboden, Policy Staff,
Compensation Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, 810 Vermont
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, 202-461-9700. This is not a toll-free
telephone number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 2 of Public Law 117-45 provides for
an increase in each of the rates in sections 1114, 1115(1) and 1162 of
title 38, U.S.C. VA is required to increase these benefit rates by the
same percentage as increases in the benefit amounts payable under title
II of the Social Security Act. The increased rates are required to be
published in the Federal Register.
The Social Security Administration has announced that there will be
a 5.9 percent cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits for
2022. Therefore, applying the same percentage, the following rates for
VA's compensation program became effective on December 1, 2021:
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Disability evaluation percent Monthly rate
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Disability Compensation
[38 U.S.C. 1114]
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10.................................................. $152.64
20.................................................. 301.74
30.................................................. 467.39
40.................................................. 673.28
50.................................................. 958.44
60.................................................. 1,214.03
70.................................................. 1,529.95
80.................................................. 1,778.43
90.................................................. 1,998.52
100................................................. 3,332.06
(38 U.S.C. 1114(k) through (t)):
38 U.S.C. 1114(k)................................. $118.33
38 U.S.C. 1114(l)................................. 4,146.13
38 U.S.C. 1114(m)................................. 4,575.68
38 U.S.C. 1114(n)................................. 5,205.17
38 U.S.C. 1114(o)................................. 5,818.09
38 U.S.C. 1114(p)................................. 5,818.09
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38 U.S.C. 1114(r)................................. 2,495.52; 3,717.82
38 U.S.C. 1114(s)................................. 3,729.64
38 U.S.C. 1114(t)................................. 3,717.82
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Additional Compensation for Dependents
[38 U.S.C. 1115(1)]
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38 U.S.C. 1115(1):
38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(A).............................. $185.78
38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(B).............................. 321.83; 92.31
38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(C).............................. 124.24; 92.31
38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(D).............................. 149.10
38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(E).............................. 356.16
38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(F).............................. 298.18
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Clothing Allowance
[38 U.S.C. 1162]
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$891.00 per year
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Signing Authority
Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved this
document on December 7, 2021, and authorized the undersigned to sign
and submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for
publication electronically as an official document of the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
Luvenia Potts,
Regulation Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy &
Management, Office of General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021-27043 Filed 12-13-21; 8:45 am]
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