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Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025Section 2 › Proposal

The Secretary shall increase the rates effective December 1, 2025

To increase, effective as of December 1, 2025, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2. Written by .

The Secretary shall increase the rates effective December 1, 2025

The document says “shallWho acts: Secretary of Veterans AffairsHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“Effective on December 1, 2025, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall increase, in accordance with subsection (c), the dollar amounts in effect on November 30, 2025, for the payment of disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation under the provisions specified in subsection (b).”

To increase, effective as of December 1, 2025, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes, Sec. 2

Section 2(a) of the Act. It directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to raise, as of December 1, 2025, the dollar amounts that were in effect on November 30, 2025, for disability compensation and for dependency and indemnity compensation. Subsection (b) says which amounts are reached and subsection (c) says by how much.

What the document actually says

“Effective on December 1, 2025, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall increase, in accordance with subsection (c), the dollar amounts in effect on November 30, 2025, for the payment of disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation under the provisions specified in subsection (b).”

To increase, effective as of December 1, 2025, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

On December 1, 2025, the head of the VA must raise these payments. The old amounts came from the day before.

What this is about

Some veterans get money each month for harm done in service. Some families get money after a veteran dies. This part raises both.

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