VA Compensation Tables for 2008

[stumpy]

http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Rates/comp01.htm

[sooner1938]

Can this be true? That disabled vets will draw less for the same percentage of disability than they drew last year? Haven't these people ever heard of inflation or COLAs?

[TinCanMan]

No, of course not. Every category should have increased by 2.3%. Care to share with us specifically which you believe are less than last year so we can examine it?

As far as I can tell. Stumpy's link is correct for rates effective 1 Dec 2007 Payable during CY 2008

Here are the links for 2006 and 2007 for comparison. I see a 2.3% increase although I didn't do a detailed check of each bracket. For a while there was an error in the 100% rate for Vet w/spouse but that's been fixed. It was actually abt $100 too much. There could certainly be other individual errors but I'm not seeing them yet.

2007 Rates effective 1 Dec 2007 Payable during calendar year 2008

2006 Rates effective 1 Dec 2006 Payable during calendar year 2007

[knewheart]

Glad to have you back posting again, Stumpy. Maybe you spend too much time at Wally World (Wifemart). Anyway, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a super Christmas!

knewheart

[sooner1938]

Originally Posted by TinCanMan

No, of course not. Every category should have increased by 2.3%. Care to share with us specifically which you believe are less than last year so we can examine it?

My mistake - without thinking (I do a lot of that in my old age ), I was looking at the amount due a single veteran instead of the amount due a vet with spouse.

[GreenBeret]

This needs a sticky!!