Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
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Summary
Sets a Social Security-linked cost-of-living increase for veterans' disability pay and survivor benefits effective December 1, 2025. It raises wartime disability compensation, additional pay for dependents, the annual clothing allowance, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children by the same percentage as the Social Security increase.
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- Veterans with disabilities: Wartime disability compensation rates rise by the same percentage as the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment. That increases monthly disability payments for veterans who receive those benefits.
- Families and survivors: Surviving spouses and dependent children receive matching increases to dependency and indemnity compensation. Additional compensation for dependents and the clothing allowance also increase.
- Certain older cases: The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may administratively adjust rates for veterans covered by Public Law 85-857 who have not received compensation under chapter 11. That lets the department align those payments with the new rates.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
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Higher VA checks for veterans and survivors
Beginning December 1, 2025, the law raises certain VA benefit amounts that were in effect on November 30, 2025. Each listed amount is raised by the same percent as the Social Security title II COLA effective December 1, 2025. This raises wartime disability pay, extra pay for dependents, the clothing allowance, and dependency and indemnity pay for surviving spouses and children. The VA may administratively adjust some older compensation rates to match these increases.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
KS • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
CT • D
Sponsored 7/23/2025
John Boozman
AR • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
WA • D
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
LA • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
VT • I
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
NC • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
HI • D
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]
ND • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
NH • D
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL]
AL • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
ME • I
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN]
IN • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
IL • D
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ]
AZ • D
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Elissa Slotkin
MI • D
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
NV • D
Sponsored 7/30/2025
Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
CO • D
Sponsored 9/2/2025
Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE]
DE • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
AZ • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Raphael Warnock
GA • D
Sponsored 10/15/2025
Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
NJ • D
Sponsored 10/20/2025
Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
NM • D
Sponsored 11/4/2025
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