The Secretary may adjust rates paid under an older law
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.
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The Secretary may adjust rates paid under an older law
The document says “can”Who acts: Secretary of Veterans AffairsHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may adjust administratively, consistent with the increases made under subsection (a), the rates of disability compensation payable to persons under section 10 of Public Law 85-857 (72 Stat. 1263) who have not received compensation under chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code.”
Section 2(d) of the Act. It permits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make a matching adjustment by administrative action to disability compensation rates payable to persons under section 10 of Public Law 85-857 who have not received compensation under chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code.
What the document actually says
“The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may adjust administratively, consistent with the increases made under subsection (a), the rates of disability compensation payable to persons under section 10 of Public Law 85-857 (72 Stat. 1263) who have not received compensation under chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code.”
That sentence, in plain words
The head of the VA can raise some other rates too. Those rates come from an older law.
What this is about
A small group is paid under a different, older law. This part lets their pay go up by the same amount.
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