February 12, 2013

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.W
Washington, DC 20549-1004

ATTN: Document Control - EDGAR

RE:   Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 on Form N-4
            RiverSource Life Insurance Company ("Company")
            on behalf of RiverSource Variable Annuity Account("Registrant")
            File Nos. 333-139759 and 811-7195
                  RiverSource AccessChoice Select Variable Annuity
                  Evergreen Pathways Select Variable Annuity
                  Wells Fargo Advantage ChoiceSelect Variable Annuity

Dear Mr. Cowan:

On behalf of RiverSource Variable Annuity Account ("Registrant"), RiverSource
Life Insurance Company ("Company") is filing electronically Registrant's
Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 ("Amendment No. 21") on Form N-4 pursuant to
Rule 485(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 ("1933 Act").

The purpose of this filing is to supplement prospectuses for RiverSource
AccessChoice Select Variable Annuity, Evergreen Pathways Select Variable Annuity
and Wells Fargo Advantage ChoiceSelect Variable Annuity.

This supplement includes the following change to the existing prospectuses:

      - For contracts with Accumulation Protector Benefit rider, effective April
29, 2013, upon elective step up or elective spousal continuation step up, the
fee applied to the rider will be 1.75%.

The prospectuses and the combined Statement of Additional Information relating
to the above-listed variable annuities filed with Post-Effective Amendment No.20
to Registration Statement No. 333-139759 on or about April 20, 2012, have been
incorporated by reference to this Amendment No. 21.

If you have any questions regarding this filing, please contact me at (612)
678-4177 or Boba Selimovic at (612) 671-7449.

Sincerely,

/s/ Dixie Carroll
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Dixie Carroll
Assistant General Counsel and
Assistant Secretary