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If you’ve received the Medal of Honor, we may pay you an additional $1,671.16 each month. Note: We adjust the Medal of Honor pension to make sure your benefits keep up with inflation. These adjustments match the percentage of cost-of-living adjustments for your Social Security benefits.
Every Medal of Honor recipient is entitled to a monthly stipend on top of all other pay or retirement benefits. This stipend was originally $10 a month in 1916 but has climbed to $1,299 per month. The recipient’s base retirement pay is also raised by 10 percent.
Medal of Honor Recipient Benefits. A special tax-free Medal of Honor pension of $1,619.34 per month above and beyond any military pensions or other benefits for which they may be eligible....
A Monthly Pension and Special Retirement Pay. As of Dec. 1, 2020, Medal of Honor recipients receive a $1,406.73 monthly pension with annual cost-of-living increases in line with the Social...
Medal of Honor recipients receive the following privileges and special benefits: A Special Medal of Honor pension of $1,619.34 (2023 rate) per month above and beyond any military pensions or...
VA recently developed a pilot program providing direct and specialized assistance for the 65 living Medal of Honor recipients nationwide.
— Today, Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) introduced, H.R. 8973, the Medal of Honor Act, a bill that would increase the special monthly pension for Medal of Honor Recipients to equal an annualized amount of $100,000. Currently, Medal of Honor Recipients receive just $1,489.73 per month.
Recipients of the Medal of Honor are afforded the following benefits for their extraordinary heroism: A monthly $1,406.73 pension from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
ho went beyond the call of duty.(5) Pursuant to section 1562 of title 38, United States Code, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pay monthly to each living person whose name has been entered on the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), alongside Congressman Troy Nehls (TX-22), reintroduced the bipartisan Medal of Honor Act, a bill that would increase the monthly pension for Medal of Honor Recipients to $100,000 annually. Medal of Honor Recipients currently receive only $1,489.73 per month.