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BILLING CODE 4810-AK-P DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Cost of Living Adjustments for Service-Connected Benefits AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). ACTION: Notice. 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 §§ 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: Disability evaluation percent Monthly rate Disability Compensation [38 U.S.C. § 1114] 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. § 1114(k) through (t)): 38 U.S.C. § 1114(k) $139.87 38 U.S.C. § 1114(l) 4900.83 38 U.S.C. § 1114(m) 5408.55 38 U.S.C. § 1114(n) 6152.64 38 U.S.C. § 1114(o) 6877.12 38 U.S.C. § 1114(p) 6877.12 38 U.S.C. § 1114(r) 2949.76; 4394.55 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s) 4408.53 38 U.S.C. § 1114(t) 4394.55 Additional Compensation for Dependents [38 U.S.C. § 1115(1)] 38 U.S.C. § 1115(1): 38 U.S.C. § 1115(1)(A) $219.59 38 U.S.C. § 1115(1)(B) 380.41; 109.11 38 U.S.C. § 1115(1)(C) 146.85; 109.11 38 U.S.C. § 1115(1)(D) 176.24 38 U.S.C. § 1115(1)(E) 421.00 38 U.S.C. § 1115(1)(F) 352.45 Clothing Allowance [38 U.S.C. § 1162] $1053.19 per year 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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