[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00001]
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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 2019, Public Law (Pub. L.) 116-58, 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, 2019, the date
provided by Public Law 116-58.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Hancock, Policy Staff (211A),
Compensation Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-9700. (This is not a toll-
free telephone number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 2 of Public Law 116-58 provides for
an increase in each of the rates in sections 1114, 1115(1), and 1162 of
title 38, United States Code (U.S.C.). 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 1.6 percent cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits for
2020. Therefore, applying the same percentage, the following rates
(beginning on page 3) for VA's compensation program became effective on
December 1, 2019:
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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................................................... $142.29
20................................................... 281.27
30................................................... 435.69
40................................................... 627.61
50................................................... 893.43
60................................................... 1,131.68
70................................................... 1,426.17
80................................................... 1,657.80
90................................................... 1,862.96
100.................................................. 3,106.04
(38 U.S.C. 1114(k) through (t)):
38 U.S.C. 1114(k)................................ $110.31
38 U.S.C. 1114(l)................................ 3,864.90
38 U.S.C. 1114(m)................................ 4,265.31
38 U.S.C. 1114(n)................................ 4,852.09
38 U.S.C. 1114(o)................................ 5,423.45
38 U.S.C. 1114(p)................................ 5,423.45
38 U.S.C. 1114(r)................................ 2,326.23;
3,465.63
38 U.S.C. 1114(s)................................ 3,476.65
38 U.S.C. 1114(t)................................ 3,465.63
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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)............................. $173.18
38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(B)............................. 300.00; 86.05
38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(C)............................. 115.81; 86.05
38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(D)............................. 138.98
38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(E)............................. 332.00
38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(F)............................. 277.96
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Clothing Allowance
[38 U.S.C. 1162]
$830.56 per year
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Signing Authority
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs approved this document 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. Pamela Powers,
Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs, approved this document
on December 30, 2019, for publication.
Jeffrey M. Martin,
Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of
the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2020-00001 Filed 1-6-20; 8:45 am]
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