H.R. 6027 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the House, sent to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Nov 12, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryAnnual disability payments rise with inflation
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to automatically increase disability payments and survivor benefits each year, matching the same cost-of-living increase that Social Security recipients get. These increases would apply to disability compensation, payments for dependents, clothing allowances for disabled veterans, and benefits for surviving spouses and children. The VA would publish the new amounts each year in the Federal Register.
How it affects you
If you're a veteran receiving disability compensation or a surviving spouse or child of a disabled veteran, your monthly payment would increase automatically each December when the cost of living goes up. This means your benefits would keep pace with inflation without requiring Congress to pass a new bill each year.
Read the official summary (Introduced in House, Nov 12, 2025)
This 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 of each year. 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.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionH. R. 6027
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an annual increase in the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5) · Introduced Nov 12, 2025 · Armed Forces and National Security · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Nov 17, 2025: “Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.”