D&IC

She went on to quote 38 United States Code (USC), Section 3001(b)(1) [now Section 5101(b)(1)]: "A claim by a widow for compensation or dependency and indemnity compensation shall also be considered to be a claim for death pension and accrued benefits."

For more than ten years PVA staff worked diligently with Congress to revise the Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) formula and to modify the Home Improvement and Structural Alterations (HISA) grants.

5008, the Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Reform Act of 1992, standardizes DIC payments awarded on or after January 1, 1993, to the surviving spouses of veterans who died from service-connected disabilities.

* Eliminate cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC), and possibly pension.

Basic Compensation Rates Disability Rating 2012 2013 10% $ 127 $ 129 20% 251 255 30% 389 395 40% 560 569 50% 797 810 60% 1,009 1,026 70% 1,272 1,293 80% 1,478 1,503 90% 1,661 1,689 100% 2,769 2,816 Special Monthly Compensation Rates 2012 2013 K $ 99 $ 100 L 3,446 3,504 M 3,803 3,867 N 4,326 4,399 O or P 4,835 4,917 R1 6,909 7,026 R2 7,925 8,059 S 3,100 3,152 Clothing Allowance 741 753 Dependency and Indemnity Compensation 2012 2013 * E-1 thru 6 $1,195 $1,215 E-7 1,236 1,257 E-8 1,305 1,327 E-9 1,361 1,384 W-1 1,262 1,283 W-2 1,312 1,334 W-3 1,351 1,373 W-4 1,429 1,453 O-1 1,262 1,283 O-2 1,305 1,327 O-3 1,395 1,418 O-4 1,478 1,503 O-5 1,627 1,654 O-6 1,834 1,865 O-7 1,980 2,013 O-8 2,175 2,211 O-9 2,326 2,365 O-10 2,551 2,594 * Surviving spouses of veterans who died on or after Jan.

President Obama has signed legislation providing a 1.7 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 3.9 million recipients of VA disability benefits, dependency and indemnity compensation and pensions.

Resolutions covering benefits include legislation to remove the prohibition against concurrent receipt of the survivor benefit plan and dependency and indemnity compensation. A similar resolution seeks removal of the prohibition against concurrent receipt of military longevity retirement pay and service-connected disability compensation.

The increase in disability compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation and pensions for 2012 matches the cost-of-living adjustments in Social Security benefits.

It also called for eliminating the offset for the military's Survivor Benefit Plan and the VA's dependency and indemnity compensation benefits.