[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 250 (Friday, December 30, 1994)]
[Unknown Section]
[Page 0]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-32201]


[[Page Unknown]]

[Federal Register: December 30, 1994]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

 

Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Service-Connected Benefits

agency: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

summary: As required by the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living 
Adjustment Act of 1994, Public Law 103-418, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs (VA) is hereby giving notice of cost-of-living adjustments 
(COLAs) in certain benefit rates. These COLAs affect the compensation 
and dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) programs.

dates: These COLAs are effective December 1, 1994, the date provided by 
Public Law 103-418.

for further information contact: John Bisset, Jr., Consultant, 
Authorization Procedures Staff, Compensation and Pension Service 
(213B), Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-7213.

supplementary information: The Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living 
Adjustment Act of 1994, Public Law 103-418, provides for a COLA for 
each of the rates in sections 1114, 1115(1), 1162, 1311, 1313, and 1314 
of title 38, United States Code, that were increased by the amendments 
made by the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 
1993, Public Law 103-140. Under the provisions of Public Law 103-418, 
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. In the computation of increased rates, any amount 
which is not an even multiple of $1 will be rounded to the next lower 
dollar amount. The increased rates are also required to be published in 
the Federal Register.
    The Social Security Administration has announced that there will be 
a 2.8 percent cost-of-living increase in social security benefits. 
Therefore, applying the same percentage, the following increased rates 
for VA compensation and DIC programs will be effective December 1, 
1994:

                Disability Compensation (38 U.S.C. 1114)                
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Monthly 
               Disability evaluation (percent)                    rate  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
10...........................................................        $89
20...........................................................        170
30...........................................................        260
40...........................................................        371
50...........................................................        529
60...........................................................        666
70...........................................................        841
80...........................................................        974
90...........................................................      1,096
100..........................................................      1,823
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                                                        
           (38 U.S.C. 1114(k) through (s))                Monthly rate  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
38 U.S.C. 1114 (k)...................................    $71; 2,268; 71;
                                                                   3,179
38 U.S.C. 1114 (l)...................................              2,268
38 U.S.C. 1114 (m)...................................              2,500
38 U.S.C. 1114 (n)...................................              2,845
38 U.S.C. 1114 (o)...................................              3,179
38 U.S.C. 1114 (p)...................................              3,179
38 U.S.C. 1114 (r)...................................       1,365; 2,033
38 U.S.C. 1114 (s)...................................              2,040
------------------------------------------------------------------------


       Additional Compensation for Dependents (38 U.S.C. 1115(1))       
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                 Monthly
                       38 U.S.C. 1115(1)                          rate  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
38 U.S.C. 1115 (1) (A)........................................      $107
38 U.S.C. 1115 (1) (B)........................................   182; 56
38 U.S.C. 1115 (1) (C)........................................    74; 56
38 U.S.C. 1115 (1) (D)........................................        86
38 U.S.C. 1115 (1) (E)........................................       200
38 U.S.C. 1115 (1) (F)........................................       168
------------------------------------------------------------------------

CLOTHING ALLOWANCE (38 U.S.C. 1162):

    $491 per year.

       DIC to a Surviving Spouse (38 U.S.C. 1311 (a) through (d))       
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                 Monthly
                 38 U.S.C. 1311(a) through (d)                    rate  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
38 U.S.C. 1311 (a)(1).........................................      $790
38 U.S.C. 1311 (a)(2).........................................       173
38 U.S.C. 1311 (c)............................................       200
38 U.S.C. 1311 (d)............................................        97
------------------------------------------------------------------------


               DIC to a Surviving Spouse (38 U.S.C. 1311)               
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Monthly 
                          Pay grade                               rate  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-1..........................................................       $790
E-2..........................................................        790
E-3..........................................................        790
E-4..........................................................        790
E-5..........................................................        790
E-6..........................................................        790
E-7..........................................................        816
E-8..........................................................        861
E-9(1).......................................................        899
W-1..........................................................        834
W-2..........................................................        867
W-3..........................................................        893
W-4..........................................................        945
O-1..........................................................        834
O-2..........................................................        861
O-3..........................................................        922
O-4..........................................................        974
O-5..........................................................      1,073
O-6..........................................................      1,209
O-7..........................................................      1,306
O-8..........................................................      1,430
O-9..........................................................      1,533
O-10(2)......................................................      1,681
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (1) If the veteran served as sergeant major of the Army, 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, the surviving spouse's monthly rate is $969.
    (2) If the veteran served as Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff, Chief of Staff of the Army, Chief of Naval Operations, 
Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Commandant of the Marine Corps, or 
Commandant of the Coast Guard, the surviving spouse's monthly rate is 
$1,802.

                    DIC to Children (38 U.S.C. 1313)                    
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Monthly 
                        38 U.S.C. 1313                            rate  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
38 U.S.C. 1313 (a) (1).......................................       $336
38 U.S.C. 1313 (a) (2).......................................        484
38 U.S.C. 1313 (a) (3).......................................        627
38 U.S.C. 1313 (a) (4).......................................   750; 123
------------------------------------------------------------------------


              Supplemental DIC to Children (38 U.S.C. 1314)             
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                 Monthly
                        38 U.S.C. 1314                            rate  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
38 U.S.C. 1314 (a)............................................      $200
38 U.S.C. 1314 (b)............................................       336
38 U.S.C. 1314 (c)............................................       170
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Dated: December 20, 1994.
Jesse Brown,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 94-32201 Filed 12-29-94; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8320-01-M