Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Service-Connected Benefits, 71124-71125 [2021-27043]

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• DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71124-71125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27043]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Service-Connected Benefits

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living 
Adjustment Act of 2021, 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, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Imboden, Policy Staff, 
Compensation Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, 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 117-45 provides for 
an increase in each of the rates in sections 1114, 1115(1) and 1162 of 
title 38, U.S.C. 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 5.9 percent cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits for 
2022. Therefore, applying the same percentage, the following rates for 
VA's compensation program became effective on December 1, 2021:

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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..................................................             $152.64
20..................................................              301.74
30..................................................              467.39
40..................................................              673.28
50..................................................              958.44
60..................................................            1,214.03
70..................................................            1,529.95
80..................................................            1,778.43
90..................................................            1,998.52
100.................................................            3,332.06
(38 U.S.C. 1114(k) through (t)):
  38 U.S.C. 1114(k).................................             $118.33
  38 U.S.C. 1114(l).................................            4,146.13
  38 U.S.C. 1114(m).................................            4,575.68
  38 U.S.C. 1114(n).................................            5,205.17
  38 U.S.C. 1114(o).................................            5,818.09
  38 U.S.C. 1114(p).................................            5,818.09

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  38 U.S.C. 1114(r).................................  2,495.52; 3,717.82
  38 U.S.C. 1114(s).................................            3,729.64
  38 U.S.C. 1114(t).................................            3,717.82
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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)..............................             $185.78
  38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(B)..............................       321.83; 92.31
  38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(C)..............................       124.24; 92.31
  38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(D)..............................              149.10
  38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(E)..............................              356.16
  38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(F)..............................              298.18
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                           Clothing Allowance
                            [38 U.S.C. 1162]
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                            $891.00 per year
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Signing Authority

    Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved this 
document on December 7, 2021, 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 General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021-27043 Filed 12-13-21; 8:45 am]
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