S. 2392 · Where this bill is now
Became law
Public Law 119-42, Nov 25, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryRaises veteran disability and survivor benefits
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to increase the amounts paid to veterans with service-connected disabilities, their dependents, and surviving spouses and children. The increase would match the cost-of-living adjustment that Social Security recipients receive, which takes effect in December 2025. The VA would also be allowed to make similar adjustments for veterans who haven't yet started receiving disability compensation.
How it affects you
If you're a veteran receiving disability compensation, a surviving spouse or child of a deceased veteran, or a dependent of a disabled veteran, your benefits would go up by the same percentage as the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2025. This means your monthly payments would have more purchasing power to keep up with inflation.
Read the official summary (Public Law, Dec 25, 2025)
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025
This act 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 act 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 SessionS. 2392
AN ACT
Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025
Sponsor: Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) · Introduced Jul 23, 2025 · Armed Forces and National Security · 4 versions of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Nov 25, 2025: “Became Public Law No: 119-42.”
Sections
The wording of this bill hasn’t changed across its 4 official versions.