Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025
Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025
Plain Language Summary
# Summary: Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025 **What it does:** This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to increase disability payments and survivor benefits for veterans based on the same cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) that Social Security recipients receive in December 2025. The increases would apply to disability compensation, payments for dependents, clothing allowances for disabled veterans, and benefits for surviving spouses and children of deceased veterans. **Who it affects:** The bill targets veterans receiving disability compensation and the families of deceased veterans who receive survivor benefits.
It could impact millions of veterans and their dependents across the country. **Current status:** The bill was introduced by Representative Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) and is currently in committee, meaning it has not yet been debated or voted on by the full House. Similar cost-of-living adjustments are often passed regularly to help benefits keep pace with inflation, though this particular bill has not yet advanced further in the legislative process.
CRS Official Summary
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025This bill 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 bill 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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