Spending · subcategory
Income security for veterans
Disability compensation and pensions for veterans. Part of Veterans benefits & services. FY2025 net outlays: $201B, 53% of the category and 2.86% of all federal spending. The largest program is Veterans disability compensation ($197B).
$201B
FY2025 net outlays
53%
of Veterans benefits & services
+24%
change from FY2024 ($161B)
8
programs (accounts) with FY2025 spending
Every program
8 accounts with FY2025 spending in Income security for veterans, largest first. Hover or tap a bar for details.
Mandatory (set by standing law)Discretionary (set by yearly appropriations)
How the total adds up
| Programs (the 8 accounts above) | $201B |
| Offsets: premiums, fees, loan repayments, and other collections (6 accounts) | −$581M |
| Net outlays, matching OMB Historical Table 3.2 | $201B |
The largest offsets
| Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Fund Benefits Programs | −$534M |
| Other Receipts, Armed Forces Retirement Home Armed Forces Retirement Home | −$18M |
| Service-disabled Veterans Insurance Fund Benefits Programs | −$16M |
| NSLI Fund, Premium and Other Receipts Department of Veterans Affairs | −$8M |
| Property Sales/Leases, Armed Forces Retirement Home Armed Forces Retirement Home | −$4M |
| Gifts, Armed Forces Retirement Home Armed Forces Retirement Home | −$1M |
All programs, sortable
Sparklines show each program in 2025 dollars, FY2000–2025.
| Program | Type | FY2024 | FY2025 | Change | FY2000–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans disability compensation Benefits Programs | Mandatory | $158B | $197B | +25% | |
| Pensions benefits Benefits Programs | Mandatory | $3.16B | $3.09B | −2.3% | |
| Burial benefits Benefits Programs | Mandatory | $8M | $386M | +4725% | |
| National Service Life Insurance Fund Benefits Programs | Mandatory | $278M | $203M | −27% | |
| Veterans Insurance and Indemnities Benefits Programs | Mandatory | $138M | $135M | −2.2% | |
| Veterans Special Life Insurance Fund Benefits Programs | Mandatory | $145M | $121M | −17% | |
| Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund Armed Forces Retirement Home | Discretionary | $76M | $76M | +0.0% | |
| Veterans Reopened Insurance Fund Benefits Programs | Mandatory | $8M | $6M | −25% |
Income security for veterans since 1993
Net outlays in 2025 dollars, fiscal years 1993–2025.