Benefits Available
(current figures)*



Table 1:

Special Monthly Pension Rates

Paid to veterans age 65 or older or

Permanently and Totally Disabled

Situation

Maximum Annual Pension Rate

Maximum Monthly Check

Permanently and Totally disabled veteran

$12,256

$1,021

With one dependent

$16,051

$1,337

Permanently and Totally disabled and also housebound

$14,978

$1,248

With one dependent

$18,773

$1,564

Permanently and Totally disabled and in need of regular aid and attendance

$20,447

$1,704

                                       

With one dependent

$24,239

$2,020

Two veterans married to one another

$16,051

$1,337

Increase for each additional dependent child

$2,020

$168 additional

 

Table 2:

Death Pension Rates

Paid to Veteran’s Surviving Spouse

Situation

Maximum Annual Pension Rate

Maximum Monthly Check

Surviving spouse

$8,219

$685

With one dependent child

$10,759

$896

Surviving spouse is permanently housebound

$10,046

$837

With one dependent child

$12,582

$1,048

Surviving spouse is in need of “regular aid and attendance”

$13,671

$1,139

With one dependent child

$15,673

$1,306

For each additional dependent child

$2,093

$174 additional


*Based on 2012 rates

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