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Increases Veterans' Disability Payments
Recent Bills/Increases Veterans' Disability Payments

Increases Veterans' Disability Payments

IntroducedJuly 23, 2025
Became Law8 months ago
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Senate
House
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Became Public Law No: 119-42.
Armed Forces and National SecurityAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresDisability assistanceVeterans' pensions and compensationInflation and pricesDepartment of Veterans Affairs
Why This Matters

This bill increases the compensation rates for veterans with disabilities and their survivors starting December 1, 2025.

If you are a veteran with a disability, your compensation will increase starting December 1, 2025, based on Social Security adjustments.
Who this affects
Veterans with disabilities · Surviving spouses · Children of veterans
What changes is this bill making?
  1. 1Starting December 1, 2025, veterans with service-connected disabilities will receive higher compensation rates.
  2. 2Survivors of certain disabled veterans will also see an increase in their dependency and indemnity compensation.
  3. 3The increase will match the percentage rise in Social Security benefits effective on the same date.
  4. 4The Secretary of Veterans Affairs will publish the new compensation rates in the Federal Register.
Read the detailed summary

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025This act requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase the amounts payable for wartime disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children. Specifically, the VA must increase the amounts by the same percentage as the cost-of-living increase in benefits for Social Security recipients that is effective on December 1, 2025. The act requires the VA to publish the amounts payable, as increased, in the Federal Register. The VA is authorized to make a similar adjustment to the rates of disability compensation payable to persons who have not received compensation for service-connected disability or death.

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Intro
Senate
House
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IntroducedJul 23, 2025
Sponsors
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SenateNov 9, 2025
HouseNov 17, 2025
PresidentNov 25, 2025

Became Public Law

The President

Donald Trump
President
Became Law
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