VA PAY IQ

VA Disability Pay Calculator

Enter a VA disability rating and your household. Switch years and your rating and dependents stay put — amounts update without reloading the page. Official years use the exact published VA table; 2027 is a projection only, and it is labeled as one everywhere it appears.

Estimate only. VA Pay IQ is independent and is not VA or DoD. Your official amount is on your VA award letter. This calculator does not include Special Monthly Compensation (SMC) — SMC is not modelled by a simple checkbox — and it does not decide whether a dependent qualifies. A child aged 18–23 counts here only if the child is in an approved school program; do not count a child who does not meet that test.

Your rating and household are saved in this browser only, so the other calculators can pick them up without you re-entering them. No name, condition, or personal detail is saved or sent anywhere.

How is my combined rating calculated? How does this pay calculation work?
  1. For 10% and 20%, the published rate is the veteran-alone rate — dependents add nothing.
  2. For 30% and above with no children, the basic rate for your spouse/parent combination is used.
  3. For 30% and above with children, the basic rate already includes 1 child. Added amounts apply only to children beyond the first, at the published under-18 or schoolchild amount for your rating.
  4. Spouse Aid and Attendance, when checked, adds the published amount for your rating.
  5. Annual compensation is monthly × 12. Year-over-year percentage change is (this year − previous year) ÷ previous year × 100.
  6. Rating math does not change by year: the combined-rating and bilateral calculators carry no year toggle, because 38 CFR 4.25 and 4.26 do not change annually the way payment tables do.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a veteran alone receive at 100% in 2026?

$3,938.58 per month, or $47,262.96 per year, from the official VA compensation table effective December 1, 2025, as published on VA.gov.

Are 2027 VA rates published yet?

No. As of October 29, 2026, VA.gov still displays the 2026 dollar tables as current. The Social Security Administration announced a 3.6% COLA on October 14, 2026, which determines the percentage adjustment, but that is not a VA-published 2027 dollar table. Any 2027 figure on VA Pay IQ is labeled "Projected estimate — not a published VA rate" and is computed as the 2026 amount × 1.036.

Do dependents add anything at 10% or 20%?

No. At 10% and 20%, VA pays no additional compensation for a spouse, children, or dependent parents. Dependent amounts apply at 30% and above.

How do I compare two years?

After your result appears, use "Compare years" inside the result and choose any two supported years — for example 2025 and 2026, or 2024 and the 2027 projection. It shows both monthly and annual amounts and the dollar and percentage change for your exact rating and household, without re-entering anything. A comparison involving 2027 is labeled as a projection.

What does "What If My Rating Changes?" do?

It prices the same household at a higher rating, at 100%, with a spouse added, and with a 20% evaluation added using the official combined-rating method — side by side with your current result. A scenario is a hypothetical price only; it does not mean you qualify for that rating or evaluation.

Source: VA.gov compensation rates. If you arrived here from another calculator, your rating and household are carried over from this browser only — no personal data is sent or stored on a server. Annual pages: 2024 · 2025 · 2026 · 2027 projection.

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