Veterans and Survivors Pension and Parents' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLA)

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Veterans Affairs [Docket No. VA-2026-VACO-0001] AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: As required by law, VA is hereby giving notice of COLA in certain benefit rates and income limitations. These COLAs affect the Pension and Parents' DIC programs. The rate of the adjustment is tied to the increase in Social Security benefits effective December 1, 2025, as announced by the Social Security Administration (SSA). SSA has announced an increase of 2.8%. DATES: The COLAs became effective December 1, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janel Keyes, Assistant Director, Pension and Fiduciary Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, 202-632-8863. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 5312 and The Veterans' and Survivors' Pension Improvement Act of 1978, Sec. 306, Public Law 95-588, 92 Stat. 2497, 2508-10 (1978), 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 2.8% COLA increase in Social Security benefits effective December 1, 2025. 90 FR 49047 . Therefore, applying the same percentage and rounding in accordance with 38 ( printed page 7388) CFR 3.29, the following increased rat…