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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced February 18, 2025 by Richard Blumenthal · Last progress February 18, 2025
Raises the basic rate used to calculate Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) for surviving spouses to equal 55% of a specified veterans' compensation rate, with the new higher amount paid for months beginning six months after enactment and a guarantee that certain long-standing survivors receive the greater of the old or new amounts. It also adds a proration rule for DIC when a deceased veteran had a period of continuous total disability of less than 10 years and shortens a separate continuous-rating-duration threshold from 10 years to five years for eligibility under another provision.