1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act . 2. Amendments to authority of Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish improvements and structural alterations as part of home health services for disabled veterans (a) Increase Paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of section 1717 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting in the case of a veteran before the em dash; and (2) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following: (A) who first applied for benefits under this paragraph, for a non-service-connected condition, before the date of the enactment of the Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act , and whose condition the Secretary determines is service-connected after such date, $6,800; or (B) other than a veteran described in subparagraph (A), who first applied for benefits under this paragraph on or after the date of the enactment of the Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act , $9,000. . (b) Adjustment for inflation; cap on benefits Such subsection is further amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (5); and (2) by inserting, after paragraph (2), the following new paragraphs (3) and (4): (3) On the first day of each fiscal year, the dollar amounts in effect under paragraph (2) shall— (A) increase by a percentage equal to the percentage by which the residential home cost of construction index established under section 2102(e)(3) of this title increased during the previous fiscal year; or (B) if such index did not increase during such previous fiscal year, remain the same. (4) The Secretary may not furnish more than three improvements or structural alterations under paragraph (2) to a veteran. . (c) Rule of construction A veteran who, before the date of the enactment of this Act, exhausted the eligibility of such veteran for benefits under such section, shall not be entitled to additional benefits under such section by reason of the amendments made by this Act.