# Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025

This bill automatically increases the monthly payments that veterans receive from the Department of Veterans Affairs to keep up with inflation. Right now, Congress has to pass a separate bill each year to give veterans a raise in their benefits. This bill would change that system so the increases happen automatically every year based on the cost of living, similar to how Social Security adjustments work.

Veterans who receive disability compensation, survivor benefits, or other VA payments would see their monthly checks go up each year without having to wait for Congress to act. This matters because inflation makes everything more expensive—groceries, rent, medicine, utilities—and veterans' fixed payments lose buying power over time. By tying increases to inflation, the bill ensures that veterans' benefits keep pace with what things actually cost to buy, so their money goes as far as it did the year before.

The practical effect is straightforward: veterans and their families would get more predictable, timely financial support. Instead of potentially waiting months or even years for Congress to approve a raise, the adjustment would happen automatically. This is especially important for older veterans and surviving spouses who depend on these payments to cover basic living expenses. The bill essentially treats veterans' benefits like other government programs that already adjust automatically for inflation, recognizing that the cost of living doesn't wait for Congress to act.

Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025

Moran, Jerry

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase the amounts payable for wartime disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children. Specifically, the VA must increase the amounts by the same percentage as the cost-of-living increase in benefits for Social Security recipients that is effective on December 1, 2025. The bill requires the VA to publish the amounts payable, as increased, in the Federal Register.The VA is authorized to make a similar adjustment to the rates of disability compensation payable to persons who have not received compensation for service-connected disability or death.