[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 238 (Thursday, December 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 79564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27092]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Cost of Living Adjustments for Service-Connected Benefits

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living 
Adjustment Act of 2020, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is 
hereby giving notice of adjustments in certain benefit rates. These 
adjustments affect the compensation program.

DATES: These adjustments became effective on December 1, 2020, the date 
provided by Public Law 116-178.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Pierce, Policy and Procedures 
Staff, Compensation Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20420, 202-461-9700. (This is not a toll-free telephone number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 2 of Public Law 116-178 provides for 
an increase in each of the rates in sections 1114, 1115(1), and 1162 of 
title 38, United States Code. VA is required to increase these benefit 
rates by the same percentage as increases in the benefit amounts 
payable under title II of the Social Security Act. The increased rates 
are required to be published in the Federal Register.
    The Social Security Administration has announced that there will be 
a 1.3 percent cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits for 
2021. Therefore, applying the same percentage, the following rates for 
VA's compensation program became effective on December 1, 2020:

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     Disability evaluation percent                Monthly rate
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                         Disability Compensation
                            [38 U.S.C. 1114]
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10....................................  $144.14.
20....................................  284.93.
30....................................  441.35.
40....................................  635.77.
50....................................  905.04.
60....................................  1,146.39.
70....................................  1,444.71.
80....................................  1,679.35.
90....................................  1,887.18.
100...................................  3,146.42.
(38 U.S.C. 1114(k) through (t)):
  38 U.S.C. 1114(k)...................  111.74.
  38 U.S.C. 1114(l)...................  3,915.14.
  38 U.S.C. 1114(m)...................  4,320.76.
  38 U.S.C. 1114(n)...................  4,915.17.
  38 U.S.C. 1114(o)...................  5,493.95.
  38 U.S.C. 1114(p)...................  5,493.95.
  38 U.S.C. 1114(r)...................  2,356.48; 3,510.69.
  38 U.S.C. 1114(s)...................  3,521.85.
  38 U.S.C. 1114(t)...................  3,510.69.
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                 Additional Compensation for Dependents
                           [38 U.S.C. 1115(1)]
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38 U.S.C. 1115(1):
  38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(A)................  175.43.
  38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(B)................  303.90; 87.17.
  38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(C)................  117.32; 87.17.
  38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(D)................  140.79.
  38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(E)................  336.32.
  38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(F)................  281.57.
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                           Clothing Allowance
                            [38 U.S.C. 1162]
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                                        $841.36 per year.
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Signing Authority

    The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or designee, approved this 
document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document 
to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as 
an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Brooks D. 
Tucker, Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Legislative Affairs, 
Performing the Delegable Duties of the Chief of Staff, Department of 
Veterans Affairs, approved this document on December 3, 2020, for 
publication.

Luvenia Potts,
Regulation Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy & 
Management, Office of the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2020-27092 Filed 12-9-20; 8:45 am]
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