Increase in Rates of Disability Compensation and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation
Section 2 · Sec. 2 ·
What this chapter is about
This part raises the money paid to hurt veterans and to some of their families. The raise starts on December 1, 2025. It names which payments go up. The size of the raise matches Social Security.
The document says “shall”Who 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).”
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).”
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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The document says “means”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“The dollar amounts to be increased pursuant to subsection (a) are the following:”
Section 2(b) of the Act. It lists five sets of amounts the increase reaches, each identified by a provision of title 38, United States Code: wartime disability compensation under section 1114, additional compensation for dependents under section 1115(1), the clothing allowance under section 1162, dependency and indemnity compensation to a surviving spouse under subsections (a) through (d) of section 1311, and dependency and indemnity compensation to children under sections 1313(a) and 1314.
What the document actually says
“The dollar amounts to be increased pursuant to subsection (a) are the following:”
That sentence, in plain words
This part lists the payments that go up. The list has five kinds.
What this is about
The list names pay for war wounds and extra pay for a family. It also names money for clothes. It names pay for a widow or widower, and pay for children.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Veterans AffairsHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“Each dollar amount described in subsection (b) shall be increased by the same percentage as the percentage by which benefit amounts payable under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) are increased effective December 1, 2025, as a result of a determination under section 215(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)).”
Section 2(c) of the Act. It fixes the size of the increase: each amount listed in subsection (b) rises by the same percentage as benefit amounts under title II of the Social Security Act rise effective December 1, 2025, under a determination made in section 215(i) of that Act. The Act names no figure of its own.
What the document actually says
“Each dollar amount described in subsection (b) shall be increased by the same percentage as the percentage by which benefit amounts payable under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) are increased effective December 1, 2025, as a result of a determination under section 215(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)).”
That sentence, in plain words
The raise is the same size as the one for Social Security. That raise starts the same day.
What this is about
Each year the government checks how much prices went up. It then raises checks by that much. This law ties the veterans' raise to that number.
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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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Each of the section's four subsections: the direction to increase the rates, the list of amounts the increase reaches, the rule that fixes the size of the increase, and the special rule for rates paid under an older law.
The internal cross references between subsections beyond what the quoted words carry. The five paragraphs of the list are recorded together, under the lead-in that introduces them, rather than one proposal each.
The section works by pointing at dollar amounts set in title 38, United States Code, and at a percentage set under the Social Security Act. Neither of those documents is indexed here, so the Act itself states no figure and no percentage, and this record does not supply one.
