2025 VA Disability Rates - Will There Be a COLA Increase?

2025 VA Disability Rates are estimated to increase by 3.0% effective December 1, 2025, and payable beginning January 2025.

New government data shows a projected 3.0% COLA increase for 2025 (higher than expected) based on new April 2024 inflation data.

Disabled veterans with a 10% VA rating or higher can use the 2025 VA Disability Pay Chart below to estimate their new VA pay increase with dependents.

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***Video Timestamps***

⏩ 00:00 VA Claims Insider Introduction
⏩ 00:29 What's the Current 2025 VA COLA Increase Estimate?
⏩ 01:32 2025 VA Disability Compensation Rates Effective Date
⏩ 02:20 What is a Cost Of Living Adjustment (COLA)?
⏩ 02:43 How to Calculate Your Estimated 2025 VA Disability Pay Rates
⏩ 03:58 What Programs are Impacted by COLA?
⏩ 05:17 When Will We Know the Official 2025 COLA Increase?
⏩ 05:38 Check Out These Links For Free Information
⏩ 07:25 Brian Reese Explains the SEM Method Framework
⏩ 09:12 How Do I Get Increased VA Disability Compensation?

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[brianreese]

With how bad inflation is, a wimpy 3.0% increase for 2025, but hey, it’s better than nothing.

[ghbkrey]

They probably give 3% but the cost of living will increase 8%

[joenobles]

Problem is the Corporate Greed when gas goes up everything else will go up

[ChrisDIYerOklahoma]

Everything COSTS MORE. A 3% bump is a night out to McDonald's with the family...just once a month. Yeh.

[laurenmckenna]

Must have copies of all medical claims & consistant paper trail of going to Drs for anything that you want to claim once leaving the service; copies of your DD214 ( HONORABLE DISCHARGED), copies of ALL MEDICAL RECORDS FROM EACH BRANCH of Service if you switch branches like I did; if you filed & also awarded SSDI, send a copy of that award letter to the Dept of Veterans Affairs as well.

USN-RET
DESERT STORM VET
1976-1996

[nicolel.bradley]

We need a 20% increase. At least for veterans

[raulferrell]

A little bit of something is better than a whole lot of nothing.

[VAClaimsInsider]

Boom! 2025 VA disability rates are estimated to increase by 3.0%.

[funhouse]

QTC got paid May 31, 2022 1.7 from Veterans Affairs
So C&P examination costs over 1000.00 per exam

[dcraig]

just multiple what you're getting paid by 1.032 and it will give you the number around what you'll possibly be paid

[karinhansen]

No spending power unless they raise by 8% minimum

[donovanmcginnis]

We should be used to small increases by now 😂 didn't have a raise while I was in, so it's whatever

[JuanRamirez-wrji]

They changed the way they calculated COLA in the last quarter of 2023.

[bruceyung]

If we get a 3.2% raise, you multiply $1, 000 x .032 = $32 to increase.
If
$4, 000 x .032 = $128 increase.
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If you get a 2.8% raise then it's $1, 000 x .028 =

How did you get 1.03?

[store]

Does anybody know if inflation/cola decreases does our compensation also decrease or stay the same?

[ponyboy]

The funding for the VA is not from the corporate world it’s the good old government taxes we pay and power that be prefers to send the $$ to other countries like Ukraine and Iran God Bess the USA 😓

[PolishX]

COLA increase will never exceed what the CPI says it is and what the SS increase is. Show me when VA disability rate has ever been higher that SS

[frankok]

It will not be 3%. More like 2.4-2.6% That is an insult.

[philgarza]

Just remember twice nothing is still nothing.

[laserbeamdaddy]

Wow I can afford one Big Mac meal for me and my family