According to an Army Times article, for the first time in 35 years, there will be no annual cost-of-living increase for military retirees or recipients of VA service-connected disability compensation, survivor, pension or social security payments because of the state of the economy and a drop in the measure to which the increase is indexed.
However, President Obama is proposing a one-time, one-per-eligible-person $250 payment to social security, VA compensation, and military retirement recipients.
The COLA would have been expected beginning December 1. It is unclear when the proposed $250 payments would be made.
The details are in the Army Times full article.
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