Living Medal of Honor recipients will now receive around $67,500 in annual honorarium under a new law signed Monday by President Donald Trump.
Congress approved a major increase to the Medal of Honor pension, boosting lifetime support for the nation’s most decorated and aging heroes.
On Monday, December 1, 2025, the President signed into law: H.R. 695, the “Medal of Honor Act,” which requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to increase the rate of the special monthly pension ...