Hi Veterans, I’ve got some BAD news and some GOOD news for you about 2019 VA disability compensation pay dates!
The BAD news: Part of the Federal government is shut-down…
The GOOD news, however, is that the Department of Veterans Affairs is fully-funded, and Veteran’s medical care and disability compensation payments will continue unhindered!
Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) increase
In 2019, Veteran’s get a nice 2.8% increase based on a Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) increase.
The 2019 VA disability rates are effective as of December 1, 2018.
You’ll begin seeing the new pay rates in your January 2019 disability compensation payment.
You may also qualify for a variety of Special Monthly Compensation (SMC) categories, which for simplicity sake, were not included here.
Eligible veterans with disabilities can receive up to $3,625.99 per month as a tax-free monetary benefit.
Service Connected Disabilities
Veterans with service-connected disabilities rated at 10% or higher can use the following 2019 VA disability pay infographic to determine how much tax-free compensation you’ll get each month.
Veterans with a rating of 10-20% do not receive any extra compensation for dependents, and thus, are paid at the single rate, which is why those rates weren’t included on the chart.
A 10% VA disability rating for 2019 is: $140.05/month
A 20% VA disability rating for 2019 is: $276.84/month
2019 VA Disability Compensation Pay Rates Chart
Veterans with service-connected disabilities rated at 10% or higher can use the following 2019 VA disability pay chart to determine how much tax-free compensation you’ll get each month.
This chart shows a veteran’s combined VA disability rating and compensation pay rates, for veterans with a service-connected disability at 10% or higher, as well as the difference between what a veteran received in 2018 versus what a veteran will get in 2019:
2018 versus 2019 VA Pay Rates
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About the Author
Brian Reese
Brian Reese is one of the top VA disability benefits experts in the world and bestselling author of You Deserve It: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Veteran Benefits You’ve Earned (Second Edition).
Brian’s frustration with the VA claim process led him to create VA Claims Insider, which provides disabled veterans with tips, strategies, and lessons learned to win their VA disability compensation claim, faster, even if they’ve already filed, been denied, gave up, or don’t know where to start.
As the founder of VA Claims Insider and CEO of Military Disability Made Easy, he has helped serve more than 10 million military members and veterans since 2013 through free online educational resources.
He is a former active duty Air Force officer with extensive experience leading hundreds of individuals and multi-functional teams in challenging international environments, including a combat tour to Afghanistan in 2011 supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM.
Brian is a Distinguished Graduate of Management from the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO, and he holds an MBA from Oklahoma State University’s Spears School of Business, Stillwater, OK, where he was a National Honor Scholar (Top 1% of Graduate School class).
