VA Disability Basic Rates for 2024
2024 VA Disability Compensation Rate COLA Increase: The 3.2 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to Social Security beneficiaries and veterans receiving VA Disability Compensation in January 2024. Source: VA Disability Rates
Compensation rates for Veterans with a 10% to 20% disability rating.
Effective Date 12/01/2023
Note: If you have a 10% to 20% disability rating, you won’t receive a higher rate even if you have a dependent spouse, child, or parent.
VA Disability Rates 10% to 20% Rating
|
Disability rating
|
Monthly payment (in U.S. $)
|
|
10%
|
171.23
|
|
20%
|
338.49
|
VA Disability Rates 30% to 60% Rating
|
Dependent status
|
30%
disability rating
(in U.S. $)
|
40%
disability rating
(in U.S. $)
|
50%
disability rating
(in U.S. $)
|
60%
disability rating
(in U.S. $)
|
|
Veteran alone (no dependents)
|
524.31
|
755.28
|
1,075.16
|
1,361.88
|
|
With spouse (no parents or children)
|
586.31
|
838.28
|
1,179.16
|
1,486.88
|
|
With spouse and 1 parent (no children)
|
636.31
|
904.28
|
1,262.16
|
1,586.88
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
With spouse and 2 parents (no children)
|
686.31
|
970.28
|
1,345.16
|
1,686.88
|
|
With 1 parent (no spouse or children)
|
574.31
|
821.28
|
1,158.16
|
1,461.88
|
|
With 2 parents (no spouse or children)
|
624.31
|
887.28
|
1,241.16
|
1,561.88
|
VA Disability Rates 70% to 100% Rating
|
Dependent status
|
70%
disability rating
(in U.S. $)
|
80%
disability rating
(in U.S. $)
|
90%
disability rating
(in U.S. $)
|
100%
disability rating
(in U.S. $)
|
|
Veteran alone (no dependents)
|
1,716.28
|
1,995.01
|
2,241.91
|
3,737.85
|
|
With spouse (no parents or children)
|
1,861.28
|
2,161.01
|
2,428.91
|
3,946.25
|
|
With spouse and 1 parent (no children)
|
1,978.28
|
2,294.01
|
2,578.91
|
4,113.51
|
|
With spouse and 2 parents (no children)
|
2,095.28
|
2,427.01
|
2,728.91
|
4,280.77
|
|
With 1 parent (no spouse or children)
|
1,833.28
|
2,128.01
|
2,391.91
|
3,905.11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
With 2 parents (no spouse or children)
|
1,950.28
|
2,261.01
|
2,541.91
|
4,072.37
|
Special Monthly Compensation
|
SMC letter designation
|
Monthly payment (in U.S. $)
|
How this payment variation works
|
|---|---|---|
|
SMC-K
|
132.74
|
If you qualify for SMC-K, we add this rate to your basic disability compensation rate for any disability rating from 0% to 100%. We also add this rate to all SMC basic rates except SMC-O, SMC-Q, and SMC-R. You may receive 1 to 3 SMC-K awards in addition to basic and SMC rates.
|
|
SMC-Q
|
67.00
|
This is a protected rate that we haven’t awarded since August 19, 1968. If we awarded you an SMC-Q designation, we pay this rate in place of your basic disability compensation rate.
|
|
Dependent status
|
SMC-L (in U.S. $)
|
SMC-L 1/2 (in U.S. $)
|
SMC-M (in U.S. $)
|
SMC-M 1/2 (in U.S. $)
|
SMC-N (in U.S. $)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Veteran alone
(no dependents)
|
4,651.06
|
4,891.50
|
5,132.92
|
5,485.61
|
5,839.08
|
|
With spouse
(no parents or children)
|
4,859.46
|
5,099.90
|
5,341.32
|
5,694.01
|
6,047.48
|
|
With spouse and 1 parent
(no children)
|
5,026.72
|
5,267.16
|
5,508.58
|
5,861.27
|
6,214.74
|
|
With spouse and 2 parents
(no children)
|
5,193.98
|
5,434.42
|
5,675.84
|
6,028.53
|
6,382.00
|
|
With 1 parent
(no spouse or children)
|
4,818.32
|
5,058.76
|
5,300.18
|
5,652.87
|
6,006.34
|
|
With 2 parents
(no spouse or children)
|
4,985.58
|
5,226.02
|
5,467.44
|
5,820.13
|
6,173.60
|
|
Dependent status
|
SMC-N 1/2 (in U.S. $)
|
SMC-O/P (in U.S. $)
|
SMC-R.1 (in U.S. $)
|
SMC-R.2/T (in U.S. $)
|
SMC-S (in U.S. $)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Veteran alone
(no dependents)
|
6,182.55
|
6,526.64
|
9,326.07
|
10,697.23
|
4,183.85
|
|
With spouse
(no parents or children)
|
6,390.95
|
6,735.04
|
9,534.47
|
10,905.63
|
4,392.25
|
|
With spouse and 1 parent
(no children)
|
6,558.21
|
6,902.30
|
9,701.73
|
11,072.89
|
4,559.51
|
|
With spouse and 2 parents
(no children)
|
6,725.47
|
7,069.56
|
9,868.99
|
11,240.15
|
4,726.77
|
|
With 1 parent
(no spouse or children)
|
6,349.81
|
6,693.90
|
9,493.33
|
10,864.49
|
4,351.11
|
|
With 2 parents
(no spouse or children)
|
6,517.07
|
6,861.16
|
9,660.59
|
11,031.75
|
4,518.37
|