VA pay by rating / 60%
Effective December 1, 2025 · checked 2026-10-20
60% VA disability pay
A 60% VA disability rating pays $1,435.02 a month to a veteran with no dependents and $1,566.02 with a spouse, under the rates effective December 1, 2025. Over twelve months that is $17,220.24 for a veteran alone. The previous table, effective December 1, 2024, paid $1,395.93, so the 60% rate rose $39.09 (2.8%).
- 160% alone $1,435.02
- 2Next step, 70% $1,808.45
60% pay for every dependent row
| Dependent status | Monthly | Above alone |
|---|---|---|
| Veteran alone (no dependents) | $1,435.02 | — |
| With spouse (no parents or children) | $1,566.02 | +$131.00 |
| With spouse and 1 parent (no children) | $1,671.02 | +$236.00 |
| With spouse and 2 parents (no children) | $1,776.02 | +$341.00 |
| With 1 parent (no spouse or children) | $1,540.02 | +$105.00 |
| With 2 parents (no spouse or children) | $1,645.02 | +$210.00 |
| With 1 child only (no spouse or parents) | $1,523.02 | +$88.00 |
| With spouse and 1 child (no parents) | $1,663.02 | +$228.00 |
| With spouse, 1 child and 1 parent | $1,768.02 | +$333.00 |
| With spouse, 1 child and 2 parents | $1,873.02 | +$438.00 |
| With 1 child and 1 parent (no spouse) | $1,628.02 | +$193.00 |
| With 1 child and 2 parents (no spouse) | $1,733.02 | +$298.00 |
Added amounts at 60%: $65.00 for each child under 18 beyond the first, $211.00 for each child aged 18 to 23 in a qualifying school program, and $121.00 when the spouse receives Aid and Attendance. A spouse alone adds $131.00 to the 60% rate. For example, a veteran rated 60% with a spouse, two children under 18 and one child in college receives $1,939.02: $1,663.02 (basic rate: with spouse and 1 child (no parents)) + $65.00 (additional child under 18) + $211.00 (child over 18 in a school program).
Next step and previous step
Moving from 60% to 70% adds $373.43 a month for a veteran alone ($1,808.45). Dropping to 50% would pay $1,132.90, $302.12 less.
Ways to reach 60%
5 of the 45 two-rating pairs from 10% to 90% combine to 60%: 60% and 10% (64), 50% and 20% (60), 50% and 10% (55), 40% and 40% (64), 40% and 30% (58).
A single condition can also be rated 60%: on this site, Meniere's disease (DC 6205), Shoulder replacement (DC 5051), Knee replacement (DC 5055), Intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS) (DC 5243), Sciatic nerve (radiculopathy) (DC 8520), Epilepsy (seizures) (DC 8910), Asthma (DC 6602), COPD (DC 6604) and 6 more have a 60% level. For Intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), Hypertension (high blood pressure), Eczema (dermatitis), Prostate conditions (voiding dysfunction), 60% is the highest level the schedule offers.
38 CFR 4.97, diagnostic code 6602, Asthma, at 60%: “FEV-1 of 40 to 55 percent predicted, or FEV-1/FVC of 40 to 55 percent, or at least monthly visits to a physician for care of exacerbations, or intermittent (at least three per year) courses of systemic corticosteroids.”
38 CFR 4.97, diagnostic code 6604, COPD, at 60%: “FEV-1 of 40 to 55 percent predicted, or FEV-1/FVC of 40 to 55 percent, or DLCO (SB) of 40 to 55 percent predicted, or maximum oxygen consumption of 15 to 20 ml/kg/min with cardiorespiratory limit.”
38 CFR 4.104, diagnostic code 7101, Hypertension (high blood pressure), at 60%: “Diastolic pressure predominantly 130 or more.”
One disability rated 60% meets the single-disability threshold of 60% in 38 CFR 4.16(a) for a total rating based on unemployability; a combined 60% from several disabilities meets it when one of them is at least 40% and the combined rating reaches 70%. The TDIU guide explains the rest of the test.
To check how your own ratings combine, and what they pay with your dependents, use the calculator. To ask VA for a higher rating, see how to request an increase.
Source: VA, Current Veterans disability compensation rates (effective December 1, 2025) and VA, Past rates: 2025 Veterans disability compensation rates, both checked 2026-10-20.
Rating Ledger is not part of VA and does not file or decide claims. Amounts are VA's published monthly rates effective December 1, 2025 for a veteran, before any deduction or special monthly compensation; ratings follow 38 CFR 4.25 and 38 CFR 4.26. Last checked 2026-10-20. Only a VA rating decision sets a rating or a payment. See the methodology.