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Veterans Affairs, approved this
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document on January 27, 2023, 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Dependency and Indemnity
Compensation Cost of Living
Adjustments
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice.
As required by the Veterans’
Compensation Cost-of-Living
Adjustment Act of 2022, 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 amount of the adjustment
is tied to the increase in Social Security
benefits, effective December 1, 2022, as
announced by the Social Security
Administration (SSA). SSA has
announced an increase of 8.7%.
SUMMARY:
The Cost-of-Living Adjustments
became effective December 1, 2022.
DATES:
Eric
Baltimore, Program Analyst, Pension
and Fiduciary Service, Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20420, 202–632–8862.
(This is not a toll-free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Under the
provisions of Public Law 117–191, VA
is required to increase, effective
December 1, 2022, the benefit rates for
surviving spouses and children under
the DIC program by the same percentage
as increases in the benefit amounts
payable under title II of the Social
Security Act. VA is required to publish
notice of the increased rates in the
Federal Register.
SSA has announced an 8.7% COLA
increase in Social Security benefits,
effective December 1, 2022. Therefore,
applying the same percentage, the
following increased rates for the DIC
program became effective December 1,
2022:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Dependency and Indemnity
Compensation Monthly Payment Rates
DIC Payable to a Surviving Spouse—
Veteran Death on or After January 1,
1993
Basic Monthly Rate: $1,562.74.
If at the time of the Veteran’s death,
the Veteran was in receipt of or entitled
to receive compensation for a serviceconnected disability rated totally
disabling (including a rating based on
individual unemployability) for a
continuous period of at least 8 years
immediately preceding death and the
surviving spouse was married to the
Veteran for those same 8 years, add:
$331.84.
For each dependent child under the
age of 18, add: $387.15.
If the surviving spouse is entitled to
Aid and Attendance benefits, add
$387.15.
If the surviving spouse is entitled to
Housebound benefits, add $181.37.
If the surviving spouse has one or
more children under the age of 18 on
the award per 38 U.S.C. 1311(f), add the
2-year transitional benefit of $332.00.
DIC Payable to a Surviving Spouse—
Veteran Death Prior to January 1, 1993
Veteran paygrade
E–1(f) ........................................
E–2(f) ........................................
E–3(a,f) .....................................
E–4(f) ........................................
E–5(f) ........................................
E–6(f) ........................................
E–7(g) .......................................
E–8(g) .......................................
E–9(g) .......................................
E–9(b) .......................................
W–1(g) ......................................
W–2(g) ......................................
W–3(g) ......................................
W–4(g) ......................................
O–1(g) .......................................
O–2(g) .......................................
O–3(g) .......................................
O–4 ...........................................
O–5 ...........................................
O–6 ...........................................
O–7 ...........................................
O–8 ...........................................
O–9 ...........................................
O–10 .........................................
O–10(c) .....................................
Amount
payable
$1,562.74
1,562.74
1,562.74
1,562.74
1,562.74
1,562.74
1,616.75
1,706.81
1,780.11
1,921.60
1,650.22
1,715.80
1,765.96
1,868.86
1,650.22
1,706.81
1,823.83
1,933.15
2,127.39
2,398.79
2,589.11
2,843.81
3,041.87
3,336.41
3,580.80
(a) Surviving spouse of Aviation
Cadet or other service not covered by
this table is paid the DIC rate for
enlisted E–3.
(b) Veteran who served as Sergeant
Major of the Army or Marine Corps,
Senior Enlisted Advisor of the Navy,
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force,
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, or
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast
Guard.
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(c) Veteran who served as Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chief of Staff
of the Army or Air Force, Chief of Naval
Operations, Commandant of the Marine
Corps, or as Commandant of the Coast
Guard.
(d) If surviving spouse entitled to Aid
and Attendance, add $387.15; if entitled
to Housebound, add $181.37.
(e) Add $387.15 for each child under
18.
(f) Add $331.84 if Veteran rated
totally disabled for 8 continuous years
prior to death and surviving spouse was
married to Veteran those same 8 years.
(g) Base rate is $1,894.58 if Veteran
rated totally disabled 8 continuous years
prior to death and surviving spouse was
married to Veteran those same 8 years.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0784]
Agency Information Collection
Activity: Application for Pre-Need
Determination of Eligibility for Burial
National Cemetery
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces that the
National Cemetery Administration,
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
DIC Payable to Children
submission describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected
Surviving Spouse Entitled
cost and burden and it includes the
For each child over the age of 18 who actual data collection instrument.
is attending an approved course of
DATES: Written comments and
education, the rate is $327.99.
recommendations for the proposed
For each child over the age of 18 who information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
is helpless, the rate is $659.83.
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
No Surviving Spouse Entitled
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
Number of
Each child’s
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
Total
payable
children
share
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
1 ................
$659.83
$659.83 search function. Refer to ‘‘OMB Control
2 ................
949.21
474.61 No. 2900–0784.
3 ................
$1,238.63
$412.88 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise
and Integration, Data Governance
For each additional child, add
Analytics (008), 810 Vermont Ave. NW,
$235.38 to the total payable amount to
Washington, DC 20006, (202) 266–4688
be paid in equal shares to each child.
or email maribel.aponte@va.gov. Please
For each additional helpless child
refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0784’’
over 18, add $387.15 to the amount
in any correspondence.
payable to the helpless child.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 38 U.S.C. 2402.
Signing Authority
Title: Application for Pre-Need
Determination of Eligibility for Burial,
Denis McDonough, Secretary of
VA Form 40–10007.
Veterans Affairs, approved this
OMB Control Number: 2900–0784.
document on January 25, 2023, and
Type of Review: Extension of a
authorized the undersigned to sign and
currently
approved collection.
submit the document to the Office of the
Abstract: This information (VA Form
Federal Register for publication
electronically as an official document of 40–10007) is needed to collect
information from Veterans and service
the Department of Veterans Affairs.
members who wish to determine their
Luvenia Potts,
eligibility for burial in a VA national
cemetery prior to their time of need for
Regulation Development Coordinator, Office
planning purposes. The data will be
of Regulation Policy & Management, Office
used for this purpose.
of the Secretary, Department of Veterans
An agency may not conduct or
Affairs.
sponsor, and a person is not required to
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respond to a collection of information
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unless it displays a currently valid OMB
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Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on this collection
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of information was published at 87 FR
74213, December 2, 2022.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 15,800
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 20 minutes.
Frequency of Response: One-time.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
47,400.
By direction of the Secretary.
Dorothy Glasgow,
VA PRA Clearance Officer (Alt), Office of
Enterprise and Integration/Data Governance
Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2023–02304 Filed 2–2–23; 8:45 am]
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Development Service Scientific Merit
Review Board; Amended Notice of
Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) gives notice under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 10),
that a meeting of the Rehabilitation
Research and Development Service
Scientific Merit Review Board
(hereinafter the Board) will be held on
Wednesday, March 8, 2023, via Webex.
The meeting will be held between 1–
1:30 p.m. EST. The meeting will be
partially closed to the public from 1:10–
1:30 p.m. EST for the discussion,
examination and reference to the
research applications and scientific
review.
Discussions will involve reference to
staff and consultant critiques of research
proposals. Discussions will also deal
with scientific merit of each proposal
and qualifications of personnel
conducting the studies, the disclosure of
which would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of personal
privacy. Additionally, premature
disclosure of research information could
significantly obstruct implementation of
proposed agency action regarding the
research proposals. As provided by
Public Law 92–463 subsection 10(d), as
amended by Public Law 94–409, closing
the Board meeting is in accordance with
5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B).
The objective of the Board is to
provide for the fair and equitable
selection of the most meritorious
research projects for support by VA
research funds and to offer advice for
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Cost of Living Adjustments
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living
Adjustment Act of 2022, 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 amount of the adjustment is tied to the
increase in Social Security benefits, effective December 1, 2022, as
announced by the Social Security Administration (SSA). SSA has
announced an increase of 8.7%.
DATES: The Cost-of-Living Adjustments became effective December 1,
2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Baltimore, Program Analyst,
Pension and Fiduciary Service, Veterans Benefits Administration,
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20420, 202-632-8862. (This is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the provisions of Public Law 117-191,
VA is required to increase, effective December 1, 2022, the benefit
rates for surviving spouses and children under the DIC program by the
same percentage as increases in the benefit amounts payable under title
II of the Social Security Act. VA is required to publish notice of the
increased rates in the Federal Register.
SSA has announced an 8.7% COLA increase in Social Security
benefits, effective December 1, 2022. Therefore, applying the same
percentage, the following increased rates for the DIC program became
effective December 1, 2022:
Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Monthly Payment Rates
DIC Payable to a Surviving Spouse--Veteran Death on or After January 1,
1993
Basic Monthly Rate: $1,562.74.
If at the time of the Veteran's death, the Veteran was in receipt
of or entitled to receive compensation for a service-connected
disability rated totally disabling (including a rating based on
individual unemployability) for a continuous period of at least 8 years
immediately preceding death and the surviving spouse was married to the
Veteran for those same 8 years, add: $331.84.
For each dependent child under the age of 18, add: $387.15.
If the surviving spouse is entitled to Aid and Attendance benefits,
add $387.15.
If the surviving spouse is entitled to Housebound benefits, add
$181.37.
If the surviving spouse has one or more children under the age of
18 on the award per 38 U.S.C. 1311(f), add the 2-year transitional
benefit of $332.00.
DIC Payable to a Surviving Spouse--Veteran Death Prior to January 1,
1993
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amount
Veteran paygrade payable
------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-1(f)..................................................... $1,562.74
E-2(f)..................................................... 1,562.74
E-3(a,f)................................................... 1,562.74
E-4(f)..................................................... 1,562.74
E-5(f)..................................................... 1,562.74
E-6(f)..................................................... 1,562.74
E-7(g)..................................................... 1,616.75
E-8(g)..................................................... 1,706.81
E-9(g)..................................................... 1,780.11
E-9(b)..................................................... 1,921.60
W-1(g)..................................................... 1,650.22
W-2(g)..................................................... 1,715.80
W-3(g)..................................................... 1,765.96
W-4(g)..................................................... 1,868.86
O-1(g)..................................................... 1,650.22
O-2(g)..................................................... 1,706.81
O-3(g)..................................................... 1,823.83
O-4........................................................ 1,933.15
O-5........................................................ 2,127.39
O-6........................................................ 2,398.79
O-7........................................................ 2,589.11
O-8........................................................ 2,843.81
O-9........................................................ 3,041.87
O-10....................................................... 3,336.41
O-10(c).................................................... 3,580.80
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(a) Surviving spouse of Aviation Cadet or other service not covered
by this table is paid the DIC rate for enlisted E-3.
(b) Veteran who served as Sergeant Major of the Army or Marine
Corps, Senior Enlisted Advisor of the Navy, Chief Master Sergeant of
the Air Force, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, or Master Chief
Petty Officer of the Coast Guard.
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(c) Veteran who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
Chief of Staff of the Army or Air Force, Chief of Naval Operations,
Commandant of the Marine Corps, or as Commandant of the Coast Guard.
(d) If surviving spouse entitled to Aid and Attendance, add
$387.15; if entitled to Housebound, add $181.37.
(e) Add $387.15 for each child under 18.
(f) Add $331.84 if Veteran rated totally disabled for 8 continuous
years prior to death and surviving spouse was married to Veteran those
same 8 years.
(g) Base rate is $1,894.58 if Veteran rated totally disabled 8
continuous years prior to death and surviving spouse was married to
Veteran those same 8 years.
DIC Payable to Children
Surviving Spouse Entitled
For each child over the age of 18 who is attending an approved
course of education, the rate is $327.99.
For each child over the age of 18 who is helpless, the rate is
$659.83.
No Surviving Spouse Entitled
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Each child's
Number of children Total payable share
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1....................................... $659.83 $659.83
2....................................... 949.21 474.61
3....................................... $1,238.63 $412.88
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For each additional child, add $235.38 to the total payable amount
to be paid in equal shares to each child.
For each additional helpless child over 18, add $387.15 to the
amount payable to the helpless child.
Signing Authority
Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved this
document on January 25, 2023, 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.
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