[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 15420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06059]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Cost of Living Adjustments for Service-Connected Benefits

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Veterans' Compensation COLA Act of 2016, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs (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, 2016, the date 
provided by the Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Hughes, Chief, Policy Staff 
(211B), Compensation Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-9700. (This is not 
a toll-free telephone number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 2 of the Veterans' Compensation COLA 
Act of 2016, Public Law 114-197, provides for an increase in each of 
the rates in sections 1114, 1115(1), and 1162 of title 38, United 
States Code. 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 0.3 percent cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits for 
2017. Therefore, applying the same percentage, the following rates for 
VA's compensation program became effective on December 1, 2016:

                         Disability Compensation
                            [38 U.S.C. 1114]
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              Disability evaluation percent                Monthly rate
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10......................................................         $133.57
20......................................................          264.02
30......................................................          408.97
40......................................................          589.12
50......................................................          838.64
60......................................................        1,062.27
70......................................................        1,338.71
80......................................................        1,556.13
90......................................................        1,748.71
100.....................................................        2,915.55
(38 U.S.C. 1114(k) through (t)):
  38 U.S.C. 1114(k).....................................         $103.54
  38 U.S.C. 1114(l).....................................        3,627.87
  38 U.S.C. 1114(m).....................................        4,003.72
  38 U.S.C. 1114(n).....................................        4,554.51
  38 U.S.C. 1114(o).....................................        5,090.83
  38 U.S.C. 1114(p).....................................        5,090.83
  38 U.S.C. 1114(r).....................................       2,183.56;
                                                                3,253.08
  38 U.S.C. 1114(s).....................................        3,263.43
  38 U.S.C. 1114(t).....................................        3,253.08
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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)..................................         $162.56
  38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(B)..................................   281.61; 80.76
  38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(C)..................................   108.72; 80.76
  38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(D)..................................          130.45
  38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(E)..................................          311.64
  38 U.S.C. 1115(1)(F)..................................          260.91
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                           Clothing Allowance
                            [38 U.S.C. 1162]
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$779.62 per year
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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 March 16, 2017, for publication.

    Dated: March 17, 2017.
Jeffrey Martin,
Office Program Manager, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, 
Office of the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2017-06059 Filed 3-27-17; 8:45 am]
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