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H.R. 2138House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025

Sponsored by Morgan LuttrellRep. Morgan Luttrell (R-TX)
Introduced March 14, 2025

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The Veterans’ Compensation Cost‑of‑Living Adjustment Act of 2025 would raise the monthly payments veterans receive for service‑connected disabilities and the survivor benefits paid to their families. The increase takes effect on Dec. 1, 2025 and is tied to the same percentage increase applied to Social Security benefits that year. The bill applies to all standard disability compensation, dependent allowances, clothing allowances, and survivor payments, and it directs the VA to publish the new rates.

Key Provisions

  • Effective Dec. 1, 2025, the VA must raise all listed disability compensation and survivor benefit amounts by the same percentage that Social Security benefits increase under the annual cost‑of‑living adjustment.
  • The rates that are adjusted include wartime disability compensation, extra compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children.
  • The VA Secretary may also make administrative adjustments for certain other disabled veterans who receive benefits under a specific public law but not under the main veterans’ compensation statutes.
  • The adjusted rates must be published in the Federal Register by the deadline set for the Social Security COLA publication in fiscal year 2026.

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Introduced in House

March 14, 2025

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Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Veterans' Affairs Committee

March 14, 2025

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee

March 26, 2025

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Subcommittee Hearings Held

Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee

March 26, 2025

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Introduced in HouseIssued March 14, 2025

I

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 2138

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 14, 2025

Mr. Luttrell (for himself, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Pfluger) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

A BILL

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.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025.

2.

Increase in rates of disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation

(a)

Rate adjustment

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).

(b)

Amounts To be increased

The dollar amounts to be increased pursuant to subsection (a) are the following:

(1)

Wartime disability compensation

Each of the dollar amounts under section 1114 of title 38, United States Code.

(2)

Additional compensation for dependents

Each of the dollar amounts under section 1115(1) of such title.

(3)

Clothing allowance

The dollar amount under section 1162 of such title.

(4)

Dependency and indemnity compensation to surviving spouse

Each of the dollar amounts under subsections (a) through (d) of section 1311 of such title.

(5)

Dependency and indemnity compensation to children

Each of the dollar amounts under sections 1313(a) and 1314 of such title.

(c)

Determination of Increase

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)).

(d)

Special rule

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.

3.

Publication of adjusted rates

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall publish in the Federal Register the amounts specified in section 2(b), as increased under that section, not later than the date on which the matters specified in section 215(i)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)(2)(D)) are required to be published by reason of a determination made under section 215(i) of such Act during fiscal year 2026.