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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Cost of Living Adjustments Effective
December 1, 2017
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice
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AGENCY:
ACTION:
As required by law, the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is
hereby giving notice of cost-of-living
adjustments (COLA) in certain benefit
rates and income limitations. These
COLAs affect the pension and parents’
dependency and indemnity
SUMMARY:
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compensation (DIC) programs. The rate
of the adjustment is tied to the increase
in Social Security benefits effective
December 1, 2017, as announced by the
Social Security Administration (SSA).
SSA has announced an increase of 2.0
percent.
DATES: The COLAs are effective
December 1, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel McCargar, Pension Analyst,
Pension and Fiduciary Service, Veterans
Benefits Administration, Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20420, (612) 713–
8911.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
provisions of 38 U.S.C. 5312 and section
306 of Public Law 95–588 require VA 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
must also publish the increased rates
and income limitations in the Federal
Register.
SSA has announced a 2.0 percent
COLA increase in Social Security
benefits, effective December 1, 2017.
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 will
be effective December 1, 2017:
Pension
Maximum Annual Rates
(1) Veterans permanently and totally
disabled (38 U.S.C. 1521):
Veteran with no dependents, $13,166
Veteran with one dependent, $17,241
For each additional dependent, $2,250
(2) Veterans in need of aid and
attendance (38 U.S.C. 1521):
Veteran with no dependents, $21,962
Veteran with one dependent, $26,036
For each additional dependent, $2,250
(3) Veterans who are housebound (38
U.S.C. 1521):
Veteran with no dependents, $16,089
Veteran with one dependent, $20,166
For each additional dependent, $2,250
(4) Two veterans married to one
another, combined rates (38 U.S.C.
1521):
Neither veteran in need of aid and
attendance or housebound, $17,241
Either veteran in need of aid and
attendance, $26,036
Both veterans in need of aid and
attendance, $34,837
Either veteran housebound, $20,166
Both veterans housebound, $23,087
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One veteran housebound and one
veteran in need of aid and attendance,
$28,953
For each dependent child, $2,250
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
increased by $2,991. (38 U.S.C. 1521(g))
(5) 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, $8,830
Surviving spouse and one child in his
or her custody, $11,557
For each additional child in his or her
custody, $2,250
(6) Surviving spouses in need of aid
and attendance (38 U.S.C. 1541):
Surviving spouse alone, $14,113
Surviving spouse with one child in
custody, $16,837
Surviving spouse of Spanish-American
War veteran alone, $14,685
Surviving spouse of Spanish-American
War veteran with one child in
custody, $17,347
For each additional child in his or her
custody, $2,250
(7) Surviving spouses who are
housebound (38 U.S.C. 1541):
Surviving spouse alone, $10,792
Surviving spouse and one child in his
or her custody, $13,514
For each additional child in his or her
custody, $2,250
(8) Surviving child alone (38 U.S.C.
1542), $2,250.
Reduction for income: The rate
payable is the applicable maximum rate
minus the countable annual income of
the eligible person. (38 U.S.C. 1521,
1541, and 1542).
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
$634, 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 $634 monthly rate shall not be
reduced.
For each $1 of annual income which
is more than $800 but not more than
$8,662, the monthly rate shall be
reduced by $0.08.
For each $1 of annual income which
is more than $8,862 but not more than
$8,663, the monthly rate shall be
reduced by $0.04.
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For each $1 of annual income which
is more than $8,663, the monthly rate
will not be reduced.
No Parents’ DIC is payable under this
table if annual income exceeds $14,974.
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 in
Table 3 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 $459, 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 $459 monthly rate shall not be
reduced.
For each $1 of annual income which
is more than $800 but not more than
$6,475, the monthly rate shall be
reduced by $0.08.
For each $1 of annual income which
is more than $6,475, the monthly rate
shall not be reduced.
No Parents’ DIC is payable under this
table if annual income exceeds $14,974.
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 $431, 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 $431 monthly rate shall not
be reduced.
For each $1 of annual income which
is more than $1,000 but not more than
$1,500, the monthly rate shall be
reduced by $0.03.
For each $1 of annual income which
is more than $1,500 but not more than
$2,000, the monthly rate shall be
reduced by $0.04.
For each $1 of annual income which
is more than $2,000 but not more than
$2,400, the monthly rate shall be
reduced by $0.05.
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For each $1 of annual income which
is more than $2,400 but not more than
$2,900, the monthly rate shall be
reduced by $0.06.
For each $1 of annual income which
is more than $2,900 but not more than
$3,200, the monthly rate shall be
reduced by $0.07.
For each $1 of annual income which
is more than $3,200 but not more than
$7,187, the monthly rate shall be
reduced by $0.08.
For each $1 of annual income which
is more than $7,187 but not more than
$7,188, the monthly rate shall be
reduced by $0.04.
For each $1 of annual income which
is more than $7,188, the monthly rate
shall not be reduced.
No Parents’ DIC is payable if the
annual income exceeds $20,128.
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 Table 2 for one
parent.
Aid and attendance: The monthly rate
of DIC payable to a parent under Tables
2 through 4 shall be increased by $343
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 under Tables
2 through 4 shall not be less than $5.
Section 306 Pension Income
Limitations
Veteran or surviving spouse with no
dependents, $14,974 (Pub. L. 95–588,
section 306(a))
Veteran in need of aid and attendance
with no dependents, $15,513 (38 U.S.C.
1521(d) as in effect on December 31,
1978)
Veteran or surviving spouse with one
or more dependents, $20,128 (Pub. L.
95–588, section 306(a))
Veteran in need of aid and attendance
with one or more dependents, $20,666
(38 U.S.C. 1521(d) as in effect on
December 31, 1978)
Child (no entitled veteran or surviving
spouse), $12,244 (Pub. L. 95–588,
section 306(a))
Spouse income exclusion (38 CFR
3.262), $4,782 (Pub. L. 95–588, section
306(a)(2)(B))
Old-Law Pension Income Limitations
Veteran or surviving spouse without
dependents or an entitled child, $13,112
(Pub. L. 95–588, section 306(b))
Veteran or surviving spouse with one
or more dependents, $18,899 (Pub. L.
95–588, section 306(b))
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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. Gina
S. Farrisee, Deputy Chief of Staff,
Department of Veterans Affairs,
approved this document on December
14, 2017, for publication.
Dated: December 14, 2017.
Jeffrey Martin,
Office Program Manager, Office of Regulation
Policy & Management, Office of the Secretary,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2017–27992 Filed 12–27–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Cost-of-Living Adjustments Effective
December 1, 2017
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
As required by law, the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is
hereby giving notice of cost-of-living
adjustments (COLA) in certain benefit
rates. These COLAs affect the
dependency and indemnity
compensation (DIC) program. The rate
of the adjustment is tied to the increase
in Social Security benefits, effective
December 1, 2017, as announced by the
Social Security Administration (SSA).
SSA has announced an increase of 2.0
percent.
DATES: The COLAs are effective
December 1, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel McCargar, Pension Analyst,
Pension and Fiduciary Service, Veterans
Benefits Administration, Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20420, (612) 713–
8911.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
provisions of Public Law 115–75,
‘‘Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living
Adjustment Act of 2017,’’ require VA to
increase the benefit rates of 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, effective
December 1, 2017. VA must also publish
the increased rates in the Federal
Register.
SSA has announced a 2.0 percent
COLA increase in Social Security
benefits, effective December 1, 2017.
Therefore, applying the same
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Cost of Living Adjustments Effective December 1, 2017
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice
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SUMMARY: As required by law, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is
hereby giving notice of cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) in certain
benefit rates and income limitations. These COLAs affect the pension
and parents' dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) programs. The
rate of the adjustment is tied to the increase in Social Security
benefits effective December 1, 2017, as announced by the Social
Security Administration (SSA). SSA has announced an increase of 2.0
percent.
DATES: The COLAs are effective December 1, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel McCargar, Pension Analyst,
Pension and Fiduciary Service, Veterans Benefits Administration,
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20420, (612) 713-8911.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The provisions of 38 U.S.C. 5312 and section
306 of Public Law 95-588 require VA 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 must also
publish the increased rates and income limitations in the Federal
Register.
SSA has announced a 2.0 percent COLA increase in Social Security
benefits, effective December 1, 2017. 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 will be effective December 1, 2017:
Pension
Maximum Annual Rates
(1) Veterans permanently and totally disabled (38 U.S.C. 1521):
Veteran with no dependents, $13,166
Veteran with one dependent, $17,241
For each additional dependent, $2,250
(2) Veterans in need of aid and attendance (38 U.S.C. 1521):
Veteran with no dependents, $21,962
Veteran with one dependent, $26,036
For each additional dependent, $2,250
(3) Veterans who are housebound (38 U.S.C. 1521):
Veteran with no dependents, $16,089
Veteran with one dependent, $20,166
For each additional dependent, $2,250
(4) Two veterans married to one another, combined rates (38 U.S.C.
1521):
Neither veteran in need of aid and attendance or housebound, $17,241
Either veteran in need of aid and attendance, $26,036
Both veterans in need of aid and attendance, $34,837
Either veteran housebound, $20,166
Both veterans housebound, $23,087
One veteran housebound and one veteran in need of aid and attendance,
$28,953
For each dependent child, $2,250
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 increased by $2,991. (38 U.S.C.
1521(g))
(5) 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, $8,830
Surviving spouse and one child in his or her custody, $11,557
For each additional child in his or her custody, $2,250
(6) Surviving spouses in need of aid and attendance (38 U.S.C.
1541):
Surviving spouse alone, $14,113
Surviving spouse with one child in custody, $16,837
Surviving spouse of Spanish-American War veteran alone, $14,685
Surviving spouse of Spanish-American War veteran with one child in
custody, $17,347
For each additional child in his or her custody, $2,250
(7) Surviving spouses who are housebound (38 U.S.C. 1541):
Surviving spouse alone, $10,792
Surviving spouse and one child in his or her custody, $13,514
For each additional child in his or her custody, $2,250
(8) Surviving child alone (38 U.S.C. 1542), $2,250.
Reduction for income: The rate payable is the applicable maximum
rate minus the countable annual income of the eligible person. (38
U.S.C. 1521, 1541, and 1542).
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 $634, 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 $634 monthly rate shall not be reduced.
For each $1 of annual income which is more than $800 but not more
than $8,662, the monthly rate shall be reduced by $0.08.
For each $1 of annual income which is more than $8,862 but not more
than $8,663, the monthly rate shall be reduced by $0.04.
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For each $1 of annual income which is more than $8,663, the monthly
rate will not be reduced.
No Parents' DIC is payable under this table if annual income
exceeds $14,974.
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 in Table 3 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 $459, 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 $459 monthly rate shall not be reduced.
For each $1 of annual income which is more than $800 but not more
than $6,475, the monthly rate shall be reduced by $0.08.
For each $1 of annual income which is more than $6,475, the monthly
rate shall not be reduced.
No Parents' DIC is payable under this table if annual income
exceeds $14,974.
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 $431, 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 $431 monthly rate shall not be reduced.
For each $1 of annual income which is more than $1,000 but not more
than $1,500, the monthly rate shall be reduced by $0.03.
For each $1 of annual income which is more than $1,500 but not more
than $2,000, the monthly rate shall be reduced by $0.04.
For each $1 of annual income which is more than $2,000 but not more
than $2,400, the monthly rate shall be reduced by $0.05.
For each $1 of annual income which is more than $2,400 but not more
than $2,900, the monthly rate shall be reduced by $0.06.
For each $1 of annual income which is more than $2,900 but not more
than $3,200, the monthly rate shall be reduced by $0.07.
For each $1 of annual income which is more than $3,200 but not more
than $7,187, the monthly rate shall be reduced by $0.08.
For each $1 of annual income which is more than $7,187 but not more
than $7,188, the monthly rate shall be reduced by $0.04.
For each $1 of annual income which is more than $7,188, the monthly
rate shall not be reduced.
No Parents' DIC is payable if the annual income exceeds $20,128.
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 Table 2 for one parent.
Aid and attendance: The monthly rate of DIC payable to a parent
under Tables 2 through 4 shall be increased by $343 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 under
Tables 2 through 4 shall not be less than $5.
Section 306 Pension Income Limitations
Veteran or surviving spouse with no dependents, $14,974 (Pub. L.
95-588, section 306(a))
Veteran in need of aid and attendance with no dependents, $15,513
(38 U.S.C. 1521(d) as in effect on December 31, 1978)
Veteran or surviving spouse with one or more dependents, $20,128
(Pub. L. 95-588, section 306(a))
Veteran in need of aid and attendance with one or more dependents,
$20,666 (38 U.S.C. 1521(d) as in effect on December 31, 1978)
Child (no entitled veteran or surviving spouse), $12,244 (Pub. L.
95-588, section 306(a))
Spouse income exclusion (38 CFR 3.262), $4,782 (Pub. L. 95-588,
section 306(a)(2)(B))
Old-Law Pension Income Limitations
Veteran or surviving spouse without dependents or an entitled
child, $13,112 (Pub. L. 95-588, section 306(b))
Veteran or surviving spouse with one or more dependents, $18,899
(Pub. L. 95-588, section 306(b))
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. Gina S.
Farrisee, Deputy Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs,
approved this document on December 14, 2017, for publication.
Dated: December 14, 2017.
Jeffrey Martin,
Office Program Manager, Office of Regulation Policy & Management,
Office of the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2017-27992 Filed 12-27-17; 8:45 am]
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