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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Veterans and Survivors Pension and
Parents’ Dependency and Indemnity
Compensation Cost of Living
Adjustments
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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As required by law, 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, 2021, as announced by the
Social Security Administration (SSA).
SSA announced an increase of 5.9%.
DATES: The COLAs became effective
December 1, 2021, as required by 38
U.S.C. 5312.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Klusman, Lead 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 section
306 of Public Law 95–588, 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 5.9% COLA increase in
Social Security benefits effective
December 1, 2021. 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, 2021:
SUMMARY:
I. Pension
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A. Maximum Annual Rates for Veterans
(1) Veterans permanently and totally
disabled (38 U.S.C. 1521):
(a) Veteran with no dependents,
$14,753.
(b) Veteran with one dependent,
$19,320.
(c) For each additional dependent,
$2,523.
(2) Veterans in need of aid and
attendance (38 U.S.C. 1521):
(a) Veteran with no dependents,
$24,610.
(b) Veteran with one dependent,
$29,175.
(c) For each additional dependent,
$2,523.
(3) Veterans who are housebound (38
U.S.C. 1521):
(a) Veteran with no dependents,
$18,029.
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(b) Veteran with one dependent,
$22,596.
(c) For each additional dependent,
$2,523.
(4) Two Veterans married to one
another, combined rates (38 U.S.C.
1521):
(a) Neither Veteran in need of aid and
attendance or housebound, $19,320.
(b) Either Veteran in need of aid and
attendance, $29,175.
(c) Both Veterans in need of aid and
attendance, $39,036.
(d) Either Veteran housebound,
$22,596.
(e) Both Veterans housebound,
$25,870.
(f) One Veteran housebound and one
Veteran in need of aid and attendance,
$32,443.
(g) For each dependent child, $2,523.
(5) Net worth limit under 38 CFR
3.274(a): For purposes of entitlement to
VA pension, the net worth limit
effective December 1, 2021, is $138,489.
(6) Monthly Penalty Rate under 38
CFR 3.276(e)(1):
(a) The monthly penalty rate is
$2,431.
(b) 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 paragraphs (1)–(4),
increased by $3,353. (38 U.S.C. 1521(g)).
(5) Net worth limit under 38 CFR
3.274(a): For purposes of entitlement to
VA pension, the net worth limit
effective December 1, 2021, is $138,489.
(6) Monthly Penalty Rate under 38
CFR 3.276(e)(1):
(a) The monthly penalty rate effective
December 1, 2021, is $2,431.
(b) 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).
B. Maximum Annual Rates for Survivor
Beneficiaries
(1) Surviving spouse alone and with
a child or children of the deceased
Veteran in custody of the surviving
spouse (38 U.S.C. 1541):
(a) Surviving spouse alone, $9,896.
(b) Surviving spouse and one child in
his or her custody, $12,951.
(c) For each additional child in his or
her custody, $2,523.
(2) Surviving spouses in need of aid
and attendance (38 U.S.C. 1541 and
1536):
(a) Surviving spouse alone, $15,816.
(b) Surviving spouse with one child in
custody, $18,867.
(c) Surviving Spouse of SpanishAmerican War Veteran alone, $16,456.
(d) Surviving Spouse of SpanishAmerican War Veteran with one child
in custody, $19,438.
(e) For each additional child in his or
her custody, $2,523.
(3) Surviving spouses who are
housebound (38 U.S.C. 1541):
(a) Surviving spouse alone, $12,094.
(b) Surviving spouse and one child in
his or her custody, $15,144.
(c) For each additional child in his or
her custody, $2,523.
(4) Surviving child alone (38 U.S.C.
1542), $2,523.
D. Old-Law Pension Income Limitations
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C. Section 306 Pension Income
Limitations
(1) Veteran or surviving spouse with
no dependents, $16,780 (Pub. L. 95–588,
306(a)).
(2) Veteran in need of aid and
attendance with no dependents, $17,384
(38 U.S.C. 1521(d) as in effect on
December 31, 1978).
(3) Veteran or surviving spouse with
one or more dependents, $22,555 (Pub.
L. 95–588, 306(a)).
(4) Veteran in need of aid and
attendance with one or more
dependents, $23,157 (38 U.S.C. 1521(d)
as in effect on December 31, 1978).
(5) Child (no entitled Veteran or
surviving spouse), $13,721 (Pub. L. 95–
588, 306(a)).
(6) Spouse income exclusion (38 CFR
3.262), $5,359 (Pub. L. 95–588,
306(a)(2)(B)).
(1) Veteran or surviving spouse
without dependents or an entitled child,
$14,694 (Pub. L. 95–588, 306(b)).
(2) Veteran or surviving spouse with
one or more dependents, $21,177 (Pub.
L. 95–588, 306(b)).
II. Parents’ DIC
A. DIC shall be paid monthly to
parents of a deceased Veteran in the
following amounts (38 U.S.C. 1315):
(1) 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
$712, reduced on the basis of the
parent’s annual income according to the
following formula:
(a) For each $1 of annual income
which is more than $0.00 but not more
than $800, the $712 monthly rate shall
not be reduced.
(b) For each $1 of annual income
which is more than $800 but not more
than $9,638, the monthly rate shall be
reduced by $0.08.
(c) For each $1 of annual income
which is more than $9,638, the monthly
rate will not be reduced.
(d) No Parents’ DIC is payable under
this table if annual income exceeds
$16,780.
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(2) 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.
(3) 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 $516 reduced on the
basis of each parent’s annual income,
according to the following formula:
(a) For each $1 of annual income
which is more than $0 but not more
than $800, the $516 monthly rate shall
not be reduced.
(b) For each $1 of annual income
which is more than $800 but not more
than $7,188, the monthly rate shall be
reduced by $0.08.
(c) For each $1 of annual income
which is more than $7,188, the monthly
rate shall not be reduced.
(d) No Parents’ DIC is payable under
this table if annual income exceeds
$16,780.
(4) One of two parents living with
spouse or other parent (38 U.S.C.
1315(d)): The rates below apply to each
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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 $486
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:
(a) For each $1 of annual income
which is more than $0 but not more
than $1,000, the $486 monthly rate shall
not be reduced.
(b) 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 $0.03.
(c) 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 $0.04.
(d) 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 $0.05.
(e) 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 $0.06.
(f) 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 $0.07.
(g) For each $1 of annual income
which is more than $1,800 but not more
than $7,238, the monthly rate shall be
reduced by $0.08.
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(h) For each $1 of annual income
which is more than $7,238, the monthly
rate shall not be reduced.
B. No Parents’ DIC is payable if the
annual income exceeds $22,555.
C. 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.
D. Aid and attendance: The monthly
rate of DIC payable to a parent per the
guidelines above shall be increased by
$386 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.
E. 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 this
document on January 18, 2022, 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.
Jeffrey M. Martin,
Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy
& Management, Office of General Counsel,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Veterans and Survivors Pension and Parents' Dependency and
Indemnity Compensation Cost of Living Adjustments
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: As required by law, 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,
2021, as announced by the Social Security Administration (SSA). SSA
announced an increase of 5.9%.
DATES: The COLAs became effective December 1, 2021, as required by 38
U.S.C. 5312.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Klusman, Lead 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
section 306 of Public Law 95-588, 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 5.9% COLA increase
in Social Security benefits effective December 1, 2021. 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, 2021:
I. Pension
A. Maximum Annual Rates for Veterans
(1) Veterans permanently and totally disabled (38 U.S.C. 1521):
(a) Veteran with no dependents, $14,753.
(b) Veteran with one dependent, $19,320.
(c) For each additional dependent, $2,523.
(2) Veterans in need of aid and attendance (38 U.S.C. 1521):
(a) Veteran with no dependents, $24,610.
(b) Veteran with one dependent, $29,175.
(c) For each additional dependent, $2,523.
(3) Veterans who are housebound (38 U.S.C. 1521):
(a) Veteran with no dependents, $18,029.
(b) Veteran with one dependent, $22,596.
(c) For each additional dependent, $2,523.
(4) Two Veterans married to one another, combined rates (38 U.S.C.
1521):
(a) Neither Veteran in need of aid and attendance or housebound,
$19,320.
(b) Either Veteran in need of aid and attendance, $29,175.
(c) Both Veterans in need of aid and attendance, $39,036.
(d) Either Veteran housebound, $22,596.
(e) Both Veterans housebound, $25,870.
(f) One Veteran housebound and one Veteran in need of aid and
attendance, $32,443.
(g) For each dependent child, $2,523.
(5) Net worth limit under 38 CFR 3.274(a): For purposes of
entitlement to VA pension, the net worth limit effective December 1,
2021, is $138,489.
(6) Monthly Penalty Rate under 38 CFR 3.276(e)(1):
(a) The monthly penalty rate is $2,431.
(b) 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 paragraphs
(1)-(4), increased by $3,353. (38 U.S.C. 1521(g)).
B. Maximum Annual Rates for Survivor Beneficiaries
(1) Surviving spouse alone and with a child or children of the
deceased Veteran in custody of the surviving spouse (38 U.S.C. 1541):
(a) Surviving spouse alone, $9,896.
(b) Surviving spouse and one child in his or her custody, $12,951.
(c) For each additional child in his or her custody, $2,523.
(2) Surviving spouses in need of aid and attendance (38 U.S.C. 1541
and 1536):
(a) Surviving spouse alone, $15,816.
(b) Surviving spouse with one child in custody, $18,867.
(c) Surviving Spouse of Spanish-American War Veteran alone,
$16,456.
(d) Surviving Spouse of Spanish-American War Veteran with one child
in custody, $19,438.
(e) For each additional child in his or her custody, $2,523.
(3) Surviving spouses who are housebound (38 U.S.C. 1541):
(a) Surviving spouse alone, $12,094.
(b) Surviving spouse and one child in his or her custody, $15,144.
(c) For each additional child in his or her custody, $2,523.
(4) Surviving child alone (38 U.S.C. 1542), $2,523.
(5) Net worth limit under 38 CFR 3.274(a): For purposes of
entitlement to VA pension, the net worth limit effective December 1,
2021, is $138,489.
(6) Monthly Penalty Rate under 38 CFR 3.276(e)(1):
(a) The monthly penalty rate effective December 1, 2021, is $2,431.
(b) 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).
C. Section 306 Pension Income Limitations
(1) Veteran or surviving spouse with no dependents, $16,780 (Pub.
L. 95-588, 306(a)).
(2) Veteran in need of aid and attendance with no dependents,
$17,384 (38 U.S.C. 1521(d) as in effect on December 31, 1978).
(3) Veteran or surviving spouse with one or more dependents,
$22,555 (Pub. L. 95-588, 306(a)).
(4) Veteran in need of aid and attendance with one or more
dependents, $23,157 (38 U.S.C. 1521(d) as in effect on December 31,
1978).
(5) Child (no entitled Veteran or surviving spouse), $13,721 (Pub.
L. 95-588, 306(a)).
(6) Spouse income exclusion (38 CFR 3.262), $5,359 (Pub. L. 95-588,
306(a)(2)(B)).
D. Old-Law Pension Income Limitations
(1) Veteran or surviving spouse without dependents or an entitled
child, $14,694 (Pub. L. 95-588, 306(b)).
(2) Veteran or surviving spouse with one or more dependents,
$21,177 (Pub. L. 95-588, 306(b)).
II. Parents' DIC
A. DIC shall be paid monthly to parents of a deceased Veteran in
the following amounts (38 U.S.C. 1315):
(1) 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 $712, reduced on
the basis of the parent's annual income according to the following
formula:
(a) For each $1 of annual income which is more than $0.00 but not
more than $800, the $712 monthly rate shall not be reduced.
(b) For each $1 of annual income which is more than $800 but not
more than $9,638, the monthly rate shall be reduced by $0.08.
(c) For each $1 of annual income which is more than $9,638, the
monthly rate will not be reduced.
(d) No Parents' DIC is payable under this table if annual income
exceeds $16,780.
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(2) 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.
(3) 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 $516 reduced on the basis of each parent's annual income,
according to the following formula:
(a) For each $1 of annual income which is more than $0 but not more
than $800, the $516 monthly rate shall not be reduced.
(b) For each $1 of annual income which is more than $800 but not
more than $7,188, the monthly rate shall be reduced by $0.08.
(c) For each $1 of annual income which is more than $7,188, the
monthly rate shall not be reduced.
(d) No Parents' DIC is payable under this table if annual income
exceeds $16,780.
(4) 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 $486 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:
(a) For each $1 of annual income which is more than $0 but not more
than $1,000, the $486 monthly rate shall not be reduced.
(b) 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 $0.03.
(c) 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 $0.04.
(d) 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 $0.05.
(e) 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 $0.06.
(f) 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 $0.07.
(g) For each $1 of annual income which is more than $1,800 but not
more than $7,238, the monthly rate shall be reduced by $0.08.
(h) For each $1 of annual income which is more than $7,238, the
monthly rate shall not be reduced.
B. No Parents' DIC is payable if the annual income exceeds $22,555.
C. 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.
D. Aid and attendance: The monthly rate of DIC payable to a parent
per the guidelines above shall be increased by $386 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.
E. 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 this
document on January 18, 2022, 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.
Jeffrey M. Martin,
Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of
General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2022-01333 Filed 1-24-22; 8:45 am]
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