Notice2025-13484
Cost of Living Adjustments for Service-Connected Benefits
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Published
July 18, 2025
Effective
December 1, 2024
Issuing agencies
Veterans Affairs Department
Abstract
As required by the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2024, Public Law 118-130, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is hereby giving notice of adjustments in certain benefit rates. These adjustments affect the compensation program.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 136 (Friday, July 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34082-34083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13484]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Cost of Living Adjustments for Service-Connected Benefits
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living
Adjustment Act of 2024, Public Law 118-130, the Department of Veterans
Affairs (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, 2024, the date
provided by Public Law 118-130.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Claire Starke, Veterans Benefits
Administration, (202) 461-9700.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
As required, section 2 of Public Law 118-130 provides for an
increase in each of the rates in 38 U.S.C. 1114, 1115(1), and 1162. 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 2.5% cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits for 2025.
Therefore, applying the same percentage, the following rates for VA's
compensation program became effective on December 1, 2024:
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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............................................. $175.51
20............................................. 346.95
30............................................. 537.42
40............................................. 774.16
50............................................. 1102.04
60............................................. 1395.93
70............................................. 1759.19
80............................................. 2044.89
90............................................. 2297.96
100............................................ 3831.30
(38 U.S.C. 1114(k) through (t)):
38 U.S.C. 1114(k).......................... $136.06
38 U.S.C. 1114(l).......................... 4767.34
38 U.S.C. 1114(m).......................... 5261.24
38 U.S.C. 1114(n).......................... 5985.06
38 U.S.C. 1114(o).......................... 6689.81
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38 U.S.C. 1114(p).......................... 6689.81
38 U.S.C. 1114(r).......................... 2869.41; 4274.85
38 U.S.C. 1114(s).......................... 4288.45
38 U.S.C. 1114(t).......................... 4274.85
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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)....................... $213.61
38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(B)....................... 370.05; 106.14
38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(C)....................... 142.85; 106.14
38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(D)....................... 171.44
38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(E)....................... 409.53
38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(F)....................... 342.85
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Clothing Allowance [38 U.S.C. 1162] $1024.50 per year
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Signing Authority
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs approved this document on July
10, 2025, and authorized its submission to the Office of the Federal
Register for publication electronically as an official document of the
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Taylor N. Mattson,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2025-13484 Filed 7-17-25; 8:45 am]
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