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BILLING CODE 4910-60-P DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Adjustments in Rates for Disability Compensation and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: As required by the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2002, Pub. L. 107-247, the Department of Veterans Affairs

(VA)is hereby giving notice of adjustments in certain benefit rates. These adjustments affect the disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation

(DIC)programs. DATES: These adjustments are effective December 1, 2002, the date provided by Pub. L. 107-247. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Trowbridge, Consultant, Compensation and Pension Service (212B), Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420,

(202)273-7218. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 2 of Pub. L. 107-247 provides for an increase in each of the rates in sections 1114, 1115(1), 1162, 1311, 1313(a), and 1314 of title 38, United States Code. VA is required to increase these benefit rates by the same percentage as the percentage by which benefit amounts payable under title II of the Social Security Act are increased effective December 1, 2002. In computing increased rates in the cited title 38 sections, fractions of a dollar are rounded down to the nearest dollar. The increased rates are required to be published in the **Federal Register** . The Social Security Administration has announced a 1.4 percent cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits effective December 1, 2002. Therefore, applying the same percentage increase, the following rates for VA compensation and DIC programs will be effective December 1, 2002: Disability Compensation (38 U.S.C. 1114) Affected statute (evaluation) Monthly rate 38 U.S.C. 1114(a) (10%) $104 38 U.S.C. 1114(b) (20%) $201 38 U.S.C. 1114(c) (30%) $310 38 U.S.C. 1114(d) (40%) $445 38 U.S.C. 1114(e) (50%) $633 38 U.S.C. 1114(f) (60%) $801 38 U.S.C. 1114(g) (70%) $1,008 38 U.S.C. 1114(h) (80%) $1,171 38 U.S.C. 1114(i) (90%) $1,317 38 U.S.C. 1114(j) (100%) $2,193 38 U.S.C. 1114(k) $81; $2,728; $81; $3,827 38 U.S.C. 1114(l) $2,728 38 U.S.C. 1114(m) $3,010 38 U.S.C. 1114(n) $3,425 38 U.S.C. 1114(o) $3,827 38 U.S.C. 1114(p) $3,827 38 U.S.C. 1114(r) $1,643; $2,446 38 U.S.C. 1114(s) $2,455 Additional Compensation for Dependents (38 U.S.C. 1115(1)) Affected statute Monthly rate 38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(A) $125 38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(B) $215; 64 38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(C) $85; 64 38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(D) $101 38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(E) $237 38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(F) $198 Clothing Allowance (38 U.S.C. 1162) $588 per year 1. DIC to a Surviving Spouse (38 U.S.C. 1311) Affected statute Monthly rate 38 U.S.C. 1311(a)(1) $948 38 U.S.C. 1311(a)(2) 204 38 U.S.C. 1311(b) 237 38 U.S.C. 1311(c) 237 38 U.S.C. 1311(d) 113 DIC to a Surviving Spouse (38 U.S.C. 1311(a)(3)) Pay grade Monthly rate E-1 $948 E-2 948 E-3 948 E-4 948 E-5 948 E-6 948 E-7 980 E-8 1,035 E-9\1\ 1,080 W-1 1,001 W-2 1,042 W-3 1,072 W-4 1,134 O-1 1,001 O-2 1,035 O-3 1,107 O-4 1,171 O-5 1,289 O-6 1,453 O-7 1,570 O-8 1,722 O-9 1,843 O-10\2\ 2,021 1 If the veteran served as Sergeant Major of the Army, Senior Enlisted Advisor of the Navy, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, or Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, the surviving spouse's monthly rate is $1,165. 2 If the veteran served as Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chief of Staff of the Army, Chief of Naval Operations, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Commandant of the Marine Corps, or Commandant of the Coast Guard, the surviving spouse's monthly rate is $2,168. DIC to Children (38 U.S.C. 1313(a)) Affected statute Monthly rate 38 U.S.C. 1313(a)(1) $402 38 U.S.C. 1313(a)(2) $578 38 U.S.C. 1313(a)(3) $752 38 U.S.C. 1313(a)(4) $752; $145 Supplemental DIC to Children (38 U.S.C. 1314) Affected statute Monthly rate 38 U.S.C. 1314(a) $237 38 U.S.C. 1314(b) 402 38 U.S.C. 1314(c) 201 Dated: April 2, 2003. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs. [FR Doc. 03-8724 Filed 4-9-03; 8:45 am]

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