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Dated: November 19, 2024. 

Jelessa M. Burney, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27411 Filed 11–21–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Veterans and Survivors Pension and 

Parents’ Dependency and Indemnity 

Compensation (DIC) Cost of Living 

Adjustments (COLA) 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As required by law, VA is 

hereby giving notice of COLA in certain 

benefit rates and income limitations. 

These COLAs affect the Pension and 

Parents’ DIC programs. The rate of the 

adjustment is tied to the increase in 

Social Security benefits effective 

December 1, 2023, as announced by the 

Social Security Administration (SSA). 

SSA has announced an increase of 

3.2%. 

DATES: The COLAs became effective on 

December 1, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gabrielle Mancuso, Lead Management 

and Program Analyst, Pension and 

Fiduciary Service, Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20420, 202–632–8863. 

(This is not a toll-free number.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

provisions of 38 U.S.C. 5312 and Public 

Law 95–588 sec. 306, VA is required to 

increase the benefit rates and income 

limitations in the Pension and Parents’ 

DIC programs by the same percentage, 

and effective the same date, as increases 

in the benefit amounts payable under 

Title II of the Social Security Act. VA is 

required to publish the increased rates 

and income limitations in the Federal 

Register. 

The Social Security Administration 

announced a 3.2% COLA increase in 

Social Security benefits effective 

December 1, 2023. Therefore, applying 

the same percentage and rounding in 

accordance with 38 CFR 3.29, the 

following increased rates and income 

limitations for the VA Pension and 

Parents’ DIC programs became effective 

December 1, 2023: 

Pension 

Maximum Annual Rates—Veterans 

(1) Veterans permanently and totally 

disabled (38 U.S.C. 1521): 

Veteran with no dependents, $16,551. 

Veteran with one dependent, $21,674. 

For each additional dependent, 

$2,831. 

(2) Veterans in need of aid and 

attendance (38 U.S.C. 1521): 

Veteran with no dependents, $27,609. 

Veteran with one dependent, $32,729. 

For each additional dependent, 

$2,831. 

(3) Veterans who are housebound (38 

U.S.C. 1521): 

Veteran with no dependents, $20,226. 

Veteran with one dependent, $25,348. 

For each additional dependent, 

$2,831. 

(4) Two Veterans married to one 

another, combined rates (38 U.S.C. 

1521): 

Neither Veteran in need of aid and 

attendance or housebound, $21,674. 

Either Veteran in need of aid and 

attendance, $32,729. 

Both Veterans in need of aid and 

attendance, $43,791. 

Either Veteran housebound, $25,348. 

Both Veterans housebound, $29,021. 

One Veteran housebound and one 

Veteran in need of aid and attendance, 

$36,395. 

For each dependent child, $2,831. 

(5) Net worth limit under 38 CFR 

3.274(a): 

For purposes of entitlement to VA 

pension, the net worth limit effective 

December 1, 2023, is $155,356. 

(6) Monthly Penalty Rate under 38 

CFR 3.276(e)(1): 

The monthly penalty rate is $2,727. 

Mexican border period and World 

War I Veterans: The applicable 

maximum annual rate payable to a 

Mexican border period or World War I 

Veteran under this table shall be the 

applicable rate under paragraph (1)–(4), 

increased by $3,762. (38 U.S.C. 1521(g)). 

Maximum Annual Rates—Survivor 

Beneficiaries 

(7) Surviving spouse alone and with 

a child or children of the deceased 

Veteran in custody of the surviving 

spouse (38 U.S.C. 1541): 

Surviving spouse alone, $11,102. 

Surviving spouse and one child in his 

or her custody, $14,529. 

For each additional child in his or her 

custody, $2,831. 

(8) Surviving spouses in need of aid 

and attendance (38 U.S.C. 1541 and 

1536): 

Surviving spouse alone, $17,743. 

Surviving spouse with one child in 

custody, $21,166. 

Surviving Spouse of SpanishAmerican War Veteran alone, $18,461. 

Surviving Spouse of SpanishAmerican War Veteran with one child 

in custody, $21,807. 

For each additional child in his or her 

custody, $2,831. 

(9) Surviving spouses who are 

housebound (38 U.S.C. 1541): 

Surviving spouse alone, $13,568. 

Surviving spouse and one child in his 

or her custody, $16,989. 

For each additional child in his or her 

custody, $2,831. 

(10) Surviving child alone (38 U.S.C. 

1542), $2,831. 

(11) Net worth limit under 38 CFR 

3.274(a): 

For purposes of entitlement to VA 

pension, the net worth limit effective 

December 1, 2023, is $155,356. 

(12) Monthly Penalty Rate under 38 

CFR 3.276(e)(1): 

If we determine you’re subject to a 

pension penalty, we wouldn’t pay 

pension benefits during the penalty 

period. 

Section 306 Pension Income 

Limitations 

Veteran or surviving spouse with no 

dependents, $18,824 (Pub. L. 95–588 

sec. 306(a)). 

Veteran in need of aid and attendance 

with no dependents, $19,502 (38 U.S.C. 

1521(d) as in effect on December 31, 

1978). 

Veteran or surviving spouse with one 

or more dependents, $25,303 (Pub. L. 

95–588 sec. 306(a)). 

Veteran in need of aid and attendance 

with one or more dependents, $25,978 

(38 U.S.C. 1521(d) as in effect on 

December 31, 1978). 

Child (no entitled Veteran or 

surviving spouse), $15,393 (Pub. L. 95– 

588 sec. 306(a)). 


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Spouse income exclusion (38 CFR 

3.262), $6,013 (Pub. L. 95–588 sec. 

306(a)(2)(B)). 

Old-Law Pension Income Limitations 

Veteran or surviving spouse without 

dependents or an entitled child, $16,485 

(Pub. L. 95–588 sec. 306(b)). 

Veteran or surviving spouse with one 

or more dependents, $23,757 (Pub. L. 

95–588 sec. 306(b)). 

Parents’ DIC 

DIC shall be paid monthly to parents 

of a deceased Veteran in the following 

amounts (38 U.S.C. 1315): 

One parent (38 U.S.C. 1315(b)): If 

there is only one parent, the monthly 

rate of DIC paid to such parent shall be 

$799, reduced on the basis of the 

parent’s annual income according to the 

following formula: 

For each $1 of annual income which 

is more than $0.00 but not more than 

$800, the $799 monthly rate shall not be 

reduced. 

For each $1 of annual income which 

is more than $800 but not more than 

$10,725, the monthly rate shall be 

reduced by $0.08. 

For each $1 of annual income which 

is more than $10,725, the monthly rate 

will not be reduced. 

No Parents’ DIC is payable under this 

table if annual income exceeds $18,824. 

One parent who has remarried: If 

there is only one parent and the parent 

has remarried and is living with the 

parent’s spouse, DIC shall be paid under 

38 U.S.C. 1315(b) or under 38 U.S.C. 

1315(d), whichever shall result in the 

greater benefit being paid to the 

Veteran’s parent. In the case of 

remarriage, the total combined annual 

income of the parent and the parent’s 

spouse shall be counted in determining 

the monthly rate of DIC. 

One of two parents not living with 

spouse (38 U.S.C. 1315(c)): The rates 

below apply to (1) two parents who are 

not living together, or (2) an unmarried 

parent when both parents are living and 

the other parent has remarried. The 

monthly rate of DIC paid to each such 

parent shall be $579 reduced on the 

basis of each parent’s annual income, 

according to the following formula: 

For each $1 of annual income which 

is more than $0 but not more than $800, 

the $579 monthly rate shall not be 

reduced. 

For each $1 of annual income which 

is more than $800 but not more than 

$7,975, the monthly rate shall be 

reduced by $0.08. 

For each $1 of annual income which 

is more than $7,975, the monthly rate 

shall not be reduced. 

No Parents’ DIC is payable under this 

table if annual income exceeds $18,824. 

One of two parents living with spouse 

or other parent (38 U.S.C. 1315(d)): The 

rates below apply to each parent living 

with another parent; and each remarried 

parent, when both parents are alive. The 

monthly rate of DIC paid to such parents 

will be $546 reduced on the basis of the 

combined annual income of the two 

parents living together or the remarried 

parent or parents and spouse or spouses, 

as computed under the following 

formula: 

For each $1 of annual income which 

is more than $0 but not more than 

$1,000, the $546 monthly rate shall not 

be reduced. 

For each $1 of annual income which 

is more than $1,000 but not more than 

$1,100, the monthly rate shall be 

reduced by $0.08. 

For each $1 of annual income which 

is more than $1,100 but not more than 

$1,200, the monthly rate shall be 

reduced by $0.08. 

For each $1 of annual income which 

is more than $1,200 but not more than 

$1,300, the monthly rate shall be 

reduced by $0.08. 

For each $1 of annual income which 

is more than $1,300 but not more than 

$1,600, the monthly rate shall be 

reduced by $0.08. 

For each $1 of annual income which 

is more than $1,600 but not more than 

$1,800, the monthly rate shall be 

reduced by $0.08. 

For each $1 of annual income which 

is more than $1,800 but not more than 

$7,763, the monthly rate shall be 

reduced by $0.08. 

For each $1 of annual income which 

is more than $7,763, the monthly rate 

shall not be reduced. 

No Parents’ DIC is payable if the 

annual income exceeds $25,303. 

These rates are also applicable in the 

case of one surviving parent who has 

remarried, computed on the basis of the 

combined income of the parent and 

spouse, if this would be a greater benefit 

than that specified in the rates for 38 

U.S.C. 1315(b) for one parent. 

Aid and attendance: The monthly rate 

of DIC payable to a parent per the 

guidelines above shall be increased by 

$434 if such parent is (1) a patient in a 

nursing home, or (2) helpless or blind, 

or so nearly helpless or blind as to need 

or require the regular aid and 

attendance of another person. 

Minimum rate: The monthly rate of 

DIC payable to any parent shall not be 

less than $5. 

Signing Authority 

Denis McDonough, Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs, approved and signed 

this document on November 18, 2024, 

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. 

Luvenia Potts, 

Regulation Development Coordinator, Office 

of Regulation Policy & Management, Office 

of the Secretary, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27384 Filed 11–21–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0896] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: 35% Exemption 

Request From 85/15 Reporting 

Requirement 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that the 

Veterans Benefits Administration 

(VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, 

will submit the collection of 

information abstracted below to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and comment. The 

PRA submission describes the nature of 

the information collection and its 

expected cost and burden, and it 

includes the actual data collection 

instrument. 

DATES: Comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice by clicking on the following link 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, 

select ‘‘Currently under Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’, then search the 

list for the information collection by 

Title or ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0896.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VA 

PRA information: Maribel Aponte, 202– 

461–8900, vacopaperworkreduact@

va.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: 35% Exemption Request From 

85/15 Reporting Requirement, VA Form 

22–10216. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0896, 

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRASearch. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: As part of the benefits 

authorization process, 38 CFR 21.4201 

places restrictions on enrollment based 


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