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38 USC Ch. 13: Front Matter
From Title 38-VETERANS' BENEFITSPART II-GENERAL BENEFITSCHAPTER 13-DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DEATHS
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CHAPTER 13-DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DEATHS

SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL

Sec.
1301.
Definitions.
1302.
Determination of pay grade.
1303.
Cost-of-living adjustments.
1304.
Special provisions relating to surviving spouses.
1305.
Reevaluation of dependency and indemnity compensation determinations pursuant to changes in presumptions of service connection.

        

SUBCHAPTER II-DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION

1310.
Deaths entitling survivors to dependency and indemnity compensation.
1311.
Dependency and indemnity compensation to a surviving spouse.
1312.
Benefits in certain cases of in-service or service-connected deaths.
1313.
Dependency and indemnity compensation to children.
1314.
Supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation to children.
1315.
Dependency and indemnity compensation to parents.
1316.
Dependency and indemnity compensation in cases of prior deaths.
1317.
Restriction on payments under this chapter.
1318.
Benefits for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at time of death.

        

SUBCHAPTER III-CERTIFICATIONS

1321.
Certifications with respect to pay grade.
1322.
Certifications with respect to social security entitlement.
1323.
Certifications with respect to circumstances of death.

        

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2022- Pub. L. 117–168, §1(b)(2), title II, §204(a), Aug. 10, 2022, 136 Stat. 1759 , 1776, added item 1305.

1997- Pub. L. 105–33, title VIII, §8031(b)(2), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 669 , added item 1303.

1991- Pub. L. 102–83, §§4(b)(3)(B), 5(b)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 405 , 406, renumbered items 401 to 423 as 1301 to 1323, respectively, and in item 1323 substituted "with respect to circumstances of death" for "by Administrator".

1988- Pub. L. 100–687, div. B, title XIV, §1403(a)(2), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4130 , added item 418.

1982- Pub. L. 97–306, title I, §113(b)(2), Oct. 14, 1982, 96 Stat. 1432 , struck out item 403 "Coverage of members of Reserve Officers' Training Corps".

1976- Pub. L. 94–433, §405(6), (8), Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1379 , substituted "surviving spouses" for "widows" in item 404 and "surviving spouse" for "widow" in item 411.

1969- Pub. L. 91–96, §6, Oct. 27, 1969, 83 Stat. 145 , substituted "Determination of pay grade" for "Computation of basic pay" in item 402 and "Certifications with respect to pay grade" for "Certifications with respect to basic pay" in item 421.


Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Uniformed Services, Promotion of Members in Missing Status; Effective Date

Provisions of section 552(a) of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services, for full effectiveness for all purposes of promotion of a member while in a missing status notwithstanding a determination of death before the making of the promotion effective as of Nov. 24, 1971, for the purposes of this chapter, see section 2 of Pub. L. 93–26, Apr. 27, 1973, 87 Stat. 26 , set out as an Effective Date of 1973 Amendment note under section 552 of Title 37.