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DIC is also payable as if the death were service-connected, if the veteran dies
as a result of VA examination, hospital care, medical or surgical treatment,
Vocational Rehabilitation, or, since November 1, 2001, a program of Compensated
Work Therapy; or if a disability arising from such circumstances either directly
causes, or contributes substantially to and materially hastens, the veteran’s death.
DIC rates payable for a surviving spouse and/or children are dependent on a
number of factors, including when the veteran died and the number and status of
any dependent children.
PAYMENTS FOR DEATHS AFTER JANUARY 1, 1993
Surviving spouses of veterans who died on or after January 1, 1993, receive
a basic rate, plus additional payments for dependent children, for the aid and
attendance of another person if they are patients in a nursing home or require the
regular assistance of another person, or if they are permanently housebound. If the
veteran was totally disabled for eight continuous years prior to death, surviving
spouses may receive an additional $233.
DIC PAYMENT RATES FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES
(Veterans who died on or after January 1, 1993)
ALLOWANCES
Basic Payment Rate
MONTHLY RATE
$1,215
ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCES
If veteran was in receipt of or entitled
to service-connected compensation
rated totally disabled at the time of
death for a period of 8 continuous
years preceding the death and the
surviving spouse was married to the
veteran for those 8 years
MONTHLY RATE
$258
Each Dependent Child
$301
Aid and Attendance
$301
Housebound
$141