Notice2026-02997
Cost of Living Adjustments for Service-Connected Benefits
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Published
February 17, 2026
Effective
December 1, 2025
Issuing agencies
Veterans Affairs Department
Abstract
As required by the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025, Public Law 119-42, the VA is hereby giving notice of adjustments in certain benefit rates. These adjustments affect the compensation program.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 17, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 7386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-02997]
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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 2025, Public Law 119-42, the 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, 2025, the date
provided by Public Law 119-42.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jadine Piper, Acting Assistant
Director, Policy Staff, Compensation Service, Veterans Benefits
Administration, 202-461-9700.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 2 of Public Law 119-42 provides for
an increase in each of the rates in Sec. Sec. 1114, 1115(1), and 38
U.S.C. 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 2.8% cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits for 2026.
Therefore, applying the same percentage, the following rates for VA's
compensation program became effective on December 1, 2025:
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Disability evaluation percent Monthly rate
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Disability Compensation
[38 U.S.C. Sec. 1114]
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10.................................................... $180.42
20.................................................... 356.66
30.................................................... 552.47
40.................................................... 795.84
50.................................................... 1132.90
60.................................................... 1435.02
70.................................................... 1808.45
80.................................................... 2102.15
90.................................................... 2362.30
100................................................... 3938.58
(38 U.S.C. Sec. 1114(k) through (t)):
38 U.S.C. Sec. 1114(k)............................ $139.87
38 U.S.C. Sec. 1114(l)............................ 4900.83
38 U.S.C. Sec. 1114(m)............................ 5408.55
38 U.S.C. Sec. 1114(n)............................ 6152.64
38 U.S.C. Sec. 1114(o)............................ 6877.12
38 U.S.C. Sec. 1114(p)............................ 6877.12
38 U.S.C. Sec. 1114(r)............................ 2949.76; 4394.55
38 U.S.C. Sec. 1114(s)............................ 4408.53
38 U.S.C. Sec. 1114(t)............................ 4394.55
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Additional Compensation for Dependents
[38 U.S.C. Sec. 1115(1)]
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38 U.S.C. Sec. 1115(1):
38 U.S.C. Sec. 1115(1)(A)......................... $219.59
38 U.S.C. Sec. 1115(1)(B)......................... 380.41; 109.11
38 U.S.C. Sec. 1115(1)(C)......................... 146.85; 109.11
38 U.S.C. Sec. 1115(1)(D)......................... 176.24
38 U.S.C. Sec. 1115(1)(E)......................... 421.00
38 U.S.C. Sec. 1115(1)(F)......................... 352.45
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Clothing Allowance
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[38 U.S.C. Sec. 1162]
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$1053.19 per year
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Signing Authority
Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved this
document on February 10, 2026 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.
Nicole R. Cherry,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2026-02997 Filed 2-13-26; 8:45 am]
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