# Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Payable to a Surviving Spouse With One or More Children Under Age 18
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2012-07-10 · Effective 2012-07-10 · 77 FR 40524
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-16810
- **Category:** va-benefits
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 40524
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 3
- **Publication date:** 2012-07-10
- **Effective date:** 2012-07-10
## Abstract

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is issuing this final rule to amend its adjudication regulation regarding the additional statutory amount of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) payable to a surviving spouse with one or more children below the age of 18. The Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2006 redesignated the statutory section cited in VA's governing regulation. This amendment is necessary to conform the regulation to the statutory provision.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/07/10/2012-16810/dependency-and-indemnity-compensation-payable-to-a-surviving-spouse-with-one-or-more-children-under)
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