Veterans’ Affairs & Benefits



2.8 COLA for 2019

The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently announced a 2.8 percent increase in the Cost of Living Adjustment for the calendar year 2019 for military and federal civilian retirees, survivor benefit annuitants, disabled veterans and Social Security recipients. The new COLA rate is effective Dec. 1, 2018 and the adjustment will appear in the Dec. 30, 2018 payment.

Since 2008, the annual COLA has been above two percent only once and has been zero three times.

David Miller is a resident of Lexington Township. He is retired Navy and a member of the Fleet Reserve Association, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. He provides an occasional column here in the Irregular on veterans’ benefits and concerns. (#165)

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