# Compensation and Pensions (036-0102)

**Agency:** Veterans Affairs  
**Account:** Benefits Programs  
**Source document:** Veterans Affairs Programs · p. 78  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/veterans-affairs/compensation-and-pensions-036-0102  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 212,553.0 |
| FY2026 | enacted | 233,090.0 |
| FY2027 | request | 257,186.0 |

## Veterans Affairs discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $144.90B, FY2026 $133.40B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Funds disability compensation and pension payments to or on behalf of Veterans and their survivors, along with burial benefits and the contract medical examination program.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Veterans Affairs › Veterans Affairs Programs › Benefits Programs › Compensation and Pensions (036-0102)


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*