{
  "dataset": "VA special monthly compensation rates",
  "year": 2026,
  "effectiveFrom": "2025-12-01",
  "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-09-23",
  "verificationNote": "Every cell of VA's SMC payment-variation, basic-rate and added-amount tables checked against the VA.gov special monthly compensation rates page on 2026-09-23 by `npm run seo:va-rates -- --smc`; exact match.",
  "publisher": "Vetrify (vetrify.ai), republishing official U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs rate tables",
  "license": "Rate values are U.S. government public-domain data; this file's structure may be used freely with attribution to vetrify.ai",
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "VA.gov: special monthly compensation rates",
      "url": "https://www.va.gov/disability/compensation-rates/special-monthly-compensation-rates/"
    },
    {
      "name": "38 U.S.C. 1114: rates of wartime disability compensation (subsections (k) through (t))",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1114&num=0&edition=prelim"
    },
    {
      "name": "38 CFR 3.350: special monthly compensation ratings",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-38/section-3.350"
    }
  ],
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "notes": [
    "All amounts are monthly USD.",
    "levels lists VA's SMC letter designations in the order VA prints them; \"L-1/2\" is VA's \"SMC-L 1/2\", and likewise for M and N.",
    "basicRates has one row per household VA prints, each with at most one child; addedAmounts are per level, for each child beyond the first and for a spouse receiving Aid and Attendance.",
    "VA.gov on SMC-K: \"If you qualify for SMC-K, we add this rate to your basic disability compensation rate for any disability rating from 0% to 100%. We also add this rate to all SMC basic rates except SMC-O, SMC-Q, and SMC-R. You may receive 1 to 3 SMC-K awards in addition to basic and SMC rates.\"",
    "VA.gov on SMC-Q: \"This is a protected rate that we haven’t awarded since August 19, 1968. If we awarded you an SMC-Q designation, we pay this rate in place of your basic disability compensation rate.\""
  ],
  "levels": [
    "L",
    "L-1/2",
    "M",
    "M-1/2",
    "N",
    "N-1/2",
    "O/P",
    "R.1",
    "R.2/T",
    "S"
  ],
  "paymentVariations": {
    "K": 139.87,
    "Q": 67
  },
  "basicRates": {
    "alone": {
      "L": 4900.83,
      "L-1/2": 5154,
      "M": 5408.55,
      "M-1/2": 5780,
      "N": 6152.64,
      "N-1/2": 6514,
      "O/P": 6877.12,
      "R.1": 9826.88,
      "R.2/T": 11271.67,
      "S": 4408.53
    },
    "spouse": {
      "L": 5120.42,
      "L-1/2": 5373.59,
      "M": 5628.14,
      "M-1/2": 5999.59,
      "N": 6372.23,
      "N-1/2": 6733.59,
      "O/P": 7096.71,
      "R.1": 10046.47,
      "R.2/T": 11491.26,
      "S": 4628.12
    },
    "spouseOneParent": {
      "L": 5296.66,
      "L-1/2": 5549.83,
      "M": 5804.38,
      "M-1/2": 6175.83,
      "N": 6548.47,
      "N-1/2": 6909.83,
      "O/P": 7272.95,
      "R.1": 10222.71,
      "R.2/T": 11667.5,
      "S": 4804.36
    },
    "spouseTwoParents": {
      "L": 5472.9,
      "L-1/2": 5726.07,
      "M": 5980.62,
      "M-1/2": 6352.07,
      "N": 6724.71,
      "N-1/2": 7086.07,
      "O/P": 7449.19,
      "R.1": 10398.95,
      "R.2/T": 11843.74,
      "S": 4980.6
    },
    "oneParent": {
      "L": 5077.07,
      "L-1/2": 5330.24,
      "M": 5584.79,
      "M-1/2": 5956.24,
      "N": 6328.88,
      "N-1/2": 6690.24,
      "O/P": 7053.36,
      "R.1": 10003.12,
      "R.2/T": 11447.91,
      "S": 4584.77
    },
    "twoParents": {
      "L": 5253.31,
      "L-1/2": 5506.48,
      "M": 5761.03,
      "M-1/2": 6132.48,
      "N": 6505.12,
      "N-1/2": 6866.48,
      "O/P": 7229.6,
      "R.1": 10179.36,
      "R.2/T": 11624.15,
      "S": 4761.01
    },
    "child": {
      "L": 5047.68,
      "L-1/2": 5300.85,
      "M": 5555.4,
      "M-1/2": 5926.85,
      "N": 6299.49,
      "N-1/2": 6660.85,
      "O/P": 7023.97,
      "R.1": 9973.73,
      "R.2/T": 11418.52,
      "S": 4555.38
    },
    "childSpouse": {
      "L": 5281.24,
      "L-1/2": 5534.41,
      "M": 5788.96,
      "M-1/2": 6160.41,
      "N": 6533.05,
      "N-1/2": 6894.41,
      "O/P": 7257.53,
      "R.1": 10207.29,
      "R.2/T": 11652.08,
      "S": 4788.94
    },
    "childSpouseOneParent": {
      "L": 5457.48,
      "L-1/2": 5710.65,
      "M": 5965.2,
      "M-1/2": 6336.65,
      "N": 6709.29,
      "N-1/2": 7070.65,
      "O/P": 7433.77,
      "R.1": 10383.53,
      "R.2/T": 11828.32,
      "S": 4965.18
    },
    "childSpouseTwoParents": {
      "L": 5633.72,
      "L-1/2": 5886.89,
      "M": 6141.44,
      "M-1/2": 6512.89,
      "N": 6885.53,
      "N-1/2": 7246.89,
      "O/P": 7610.01,
      "R.1": 10559.77,
      "R.2/T": 12004.56,
      "S": 5141.42
    },
    "childOneParent": {
      "L": 5223.92,
      "L-1/2": 5477.09,
      "M": 5731.64,
      "M-1/2": 6103.09,
      "N": 6475.73,
      "N-1/2": 6837.09,
      "O/P": 7200.21,
      "R.1": 10149.97,
      "R.2/T": 11594.76,
      "S": 4731.62
    },
    "childTwoParents": {
      "L": 5400.16,
      "L-1/2": 5653.33,
      "M": 5907.88,
      "M-1/2": 6279.33,
      "N": 6651.97,
      "N-1/2": 7013.33,
      "O/P": 7376.45,
      "R.1": 10326.21,
      "R.2/T": 11771,
      "S": 4907.86
    }
  },
  "addedAmounts": {
    "spouseAidAttendance": {
      "L": 201.41,
      "L-1/2": 201.41,
      "M": 201.41,
      "M-1/2": 201.41,
      "N": 201.41,
      "N-1/2": 201.41,
      "O/P": 201.41,
      "R.1": 201.41,
      "R.2/T": 201.41,
      "S": 201.41
    },
    "additionalChildUnder18": {
      "L": 109.11,
      "L-1/2": 109.11,
      "M": 109.11,
      "M-1/2": 109.11,
      "N": 109.11,
      "N-1/2": 109.11,
      "O/P": 109.11,
      "R.1": 109.11,
      "R.2/T": 109.11,
      "S": 109.11
    },
    "additionalSchoolchild": {
      "L": 352.45,
      "L-1/2": 352.45,
      "M": 352.45,
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      "N": 352.45,
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      "S": 352.45
    }
  }
}