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Bipartisan bill would raise DIC and relax 10‑year rule; TAPS and lawmakers press VA for clearer cost data
Summary
Lawmakers and advocates backed the Caring for Survivors Act to raise dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) from 43% toward 55% of a 100% disabled veteran's rate and reduce a 10‑year rule to five years; VA said it supports intent but needs statutory clarity and data to cost implementation.
Lawmakers, advocates and VA witnesses discussed legislation to increase the monthly Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) paid to surviving spouses and dependents and to relax a 10‑year eligibility rule that reduces benefits for survivors when a veteran was disabled for less than a decade before death.
Representative Hayes, sponsor of the Caring for Survivors Act, said the bill would raise DIC to 55% of the rate for a totally disabled veteran and reduce the 10‑year rule to five years,…
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