VA disability pay at 100 percent.

100% basic monthly rates by dependent status

The VA publishes a separate basic rate for each combination of spouse, child and dependent parents. The rows below are the 100% column of the VA’s tables, effective December 1, 2025. A child means one qualifying child; more children are added with the amounts in the next table.

Added amounts at 100%

The added amounts are specific to the 100% rating; the VA lists different add-ons at each rating from 30% to 90%. Ratings of 10% ($180.42) and 20% ($356.66) have no dependent add-ons at all.

How the VA builds the figure

Start with the basic rate for your rating and dependent status. The row already includes one child if you have any, so count only the children beyond the first as additional, using the under-18 amount or the over-18-in-school amount for each. Add the Aid and Attendance amount if your spouse receives it. The VA’s own worked example on the rates page does this at 70%: a veteran with a spouse, three children under 18 and a spouse on Aid and Attendance takes the 70% spouse-and-one-child rate of $2,074.45, adds $76 for each of the two additional children and $141 for the spouse’s Aid and Attendance, for $2,367.45. At 100% the same household uses $4,318.99, $109.11 and $201.41.

Worked examples

A 100% veteran with a spouse who receives Aid and Attendance and two children under 18: the basic rate with spouse and one child is $4,318.99, one additional child adds $109.11 and Aid and Attendance adds $201.41, for $4,629.51 a month, or $55,554.12 a year.

A 100% veteran with a spouse, two dependent parents, one child under 18 and one child over 18 in college: the basic rate with child, spouse and two parents is $4,671.47; the second child, over 18 in school, adds $352.45; the total is $5,023.92 a month.

What comes next: the December 1, 2026 rates

Veterans’ compensation rises each December 1 by the same cost-of-living adjustment as Social Security, which the Social Security Administration set at 3.6% for 2027. The VA publishes rounded per-cell amounts rather than applying the percentage uniformly, so this page does not multiply the current rates by 1.036. The figures above are the ones in force on the VA page read on November 11, 2026; the new table usually appears on or shortly before December 1.

Method

Every rate was typed from the VA’s veteran rates page, effective December 1, 2025, read on November 11, 2026. The calculator selects the basic rate for the spouse, child and parent combination you tick, adds the per-child amounts for children beyond the first, adds the Aid and Attendance amount when a spouse is ticked, and multiplies by 12 for the yearly figure. It does not cover Special Monthly Compensation, individual unemployability, or the rules for which children and parents count as dependents.

What this does not cover

• Special Monthly Compensation (SMC) for specific disabilities, which pays above the 100% schedular rate.
• Total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU), which pays at the 100% rate under a different test.
• The combined-rating arithmetic that produces a rating in the first place.
• Back pay and effective dates.

Figures read from the sources below on November 11, 2026. Last updated November 11, 2026.

Sources

• US Department of Veterans Affairs: Current Veterans disability compensation rates (effective December 1, 2025; last updated November 2, 2026) (retrieved November 11, 2026)