Boozman joined Sen. Jerry Moran and Sen. Richard Blumenthal to introduce the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2026, which would increase VA disability compensation, clothing allowances, and dependency and indemnity compensation to keep pace with inflation.
Advance legislation to increase VA disability compensation, clothing allowances, and dependency and indemnity compensation to keep pace with inflation.
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Congress.gov shows S.2392 became Public Law No. 119-42 on 2025-11-25. The bill requires VA to increase wartime disability compensation, dependent compensation, the clothing allowance, and dependency and indemnity compensation by the same percentage as the Social Security COLA effective 2025-12-01.
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Public Law 119-42, approved on 2025-11-25, directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to raise disability compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, and the clothing allowance effective 2025-12-01, using the Social Security percentage increase.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs notice states that, as required by Public Law 119-42, VA adjusted benefit rates effective December 1, 2025. It says section 2 of the law increased rates under 38 U.S.C. 1114, 1115(1), and 1162 by the same percentage as Social Security benefits, applying a 2.8% COLA for 2026, and lists disability compensation and clothing allowance rates.
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GovInfo’s introduced Senate bill record for S. 2392 lists the July 23, 2025 action as introduction by Mr. Moran for himself and others, including Mr. Boozman. The full title states the bill would increase, effective December 1, 2025, rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors.
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Public Law 119-42 enacted the promised VA cost-of-living adjustment, increasing disability compensation, dependent compensation, clothing allowances, and dependency and indemnity compensation by the same percentage as the Social Security COLA effective December 1, 2025. Boozman was listed among the senators for whom S.2392 was introduced, so he materially advanced the legislation while serving in the same Senate term in which it became law.
The promised policy outcome was enacted in John Boozman's current Senate term. Public Law 119-42, signed on November 25, 2025, increased VA disability compensation, the clothing allowance, and dependency and indemnity compensation effective December 1, 2025, by the same percentage as the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, which directly matches the promise to keep those benefits aligned with inflation. Candidate credit is stronger than incidental support because Boozman was an original cosponsor of S.2392 on July 23, 2025, the Senate bill that became that law, so he materially advanced the legislation even though he was not the primary sponsor.