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5. 2022 Birth Defect Compensation Rates

2022 Birth Defect Compensation Rates

Rates effective December 1, 2021

The tables below show monthly payment amounts based on the severity of the child’s disability, from least to most disabling.

Vietnam and Korea Veterans' Children with Spina Bifida 

Disability level	Monthly payment (in U.S. $)
Level I (least disabling)	362
Level II	1,231
Level III (most disabling)	2,096

 

Women Vietnam Veterans' Children with Certain other Birth Defects

Disability level	Monthly payment (in U.S. $)
Level I (least disabling)	169
Level II	362
Level III	1,231
Level IV (most disabling)	2,096