Title 38

PART 3 SUBPART a

Subpart A - Pension, Compensation, and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Authority:38 U.S.C. 501(a), unless otherwise noted.

38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58SUBJGRP 58
General
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.1SECTION 3.1
   3.1 Definitions.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.2SECTION 3.2
   3.2 Periods of war.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.3SECTION 3.3
   3.3 Pension.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.4SECTION 3.4
   3.4 Compensation.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.5SECTION 3.5
   3.5 Dependency and indemnity compensation.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.6SECTION 3.6
   3.6 Duty periods.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.7SECTION 3.7
   3.7 Individuals and groups considered to have performed active military, naval, or air service.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.8SECTION 3.10
   3.10 Dependency and indemnity compensation rate for a surviving spouse.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.9SECTION 3.11
   3.11 Homicide.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.10SECTION 3.12
   3.12 Character of discharge.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.11SECTION 3.12a
   3.12a Minimum active-duty service requirement.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.12SECTION 3.13
   3.13 Discharge to change status.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.13SECTION 3.14
   3.14 Validity of enlistments.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.14SECTION 3.15
   3.15 Computation of service.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.15SECTION 3.16
   3.16 Service pension.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.16SECTION 3.17
   3.17 Disability and death pension; Mexican border period and later war periods.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.17SECTION 3.18-3.19
   3.18-3.19 [Reserved]
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.18SECTION 3.20
   3.20 Surviving spouse's benefit for month of veteran's death.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.19SECTION 3.21
   3.21 Monetary rates.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.20SECTION 3.22
   3.22 DIC benefits for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at time of death.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.21SECTION 3.23
   3.23 Improved pension rates - Veterans and surviving spouses.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.22SECTION 3.24
   3.24 Improved pension rates - Surviving children.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.23SECTION 3.25
   3.25 Parent's dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) - Method of payment computation.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.24SECTION 3.26
   3.26 Section 306 and old-law pension annual income limitations.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.25SECTION 3.27
   3.27 Automatic adjustment of benefit rates.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.26SECTION 3.28
   3.28 Automatic adjustment of section 306 and old-law pension income limitations.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.27SECTION 3.29
   3.29 Rounding.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.28SECTION 3.30
   3.30 Frequency of payment of improved pension and parents' dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC).
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.29SECTION 3.31
   3.31 Commencement of the period of payment.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.58.30SECTION 3.32
   3.32 Exchange rates for foreign currencies.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.59SUBJGRP 59
General
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.59.31SECTION 3.40
   3.40 Philippine and Insular Forces.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.59.32SECTION 3.41
   3.41 Philippine service.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.59.33SECTION 3.42
   3.42 Compensation at the full-dollar rate for certain Filipino veterans residing in the United States.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.59.34SECTION 3.43
   3.43 Burial benefits at the full-dollar rate for certain Filipino veterans residing in the United States on the date of death.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.60SUBJGRP 60
Relationship
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.60.35SECTION 3.50
   3.50 Spouse and surviving spouse.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.60.36SECTION 3.52
   3.52 Marriages deemed valid.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.60.37SECTION 3.53
   3.53 Continuous cohabitation.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.60.38SECTION 3.54
   3.54 Marriage dates.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.60.39SECTION 3.55
   3.55 Reinstatement of benefits eligibility based upon terminated marital relationships.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.60.40SECTION 3.56
   3.56 [Reserved]
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.60.41SECTION 3.57
   3.57 Child.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.60.42SECTION 3.58
   3.58 Child adopted out of family.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.60.43SECTION 3.59
   3.59 Parent.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.60.44SECTION 3.60
   3.60 Definition of “living with”.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.61SUBJGRP 61
Administrative
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.61.45SECTION 3.100
   3.100 Delegations of authority.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.61.46SECTION 3.102
   3.102 Reasonable doubt.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.61.47SECTION 3.103
   3.103 Procedural due process and other rights.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.61.48SECTION 3.104
   3.104 Binding nature of decisions.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.61.49SECTION 3.105
   3.105 Revision of decisions.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.61.50SECTION 3.106
   3.106 Renouncement.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.61.51SECTION 3.107
   3.107 Awards where not all dependents apply.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.61.52SECTION 3.108
   3.108 State Department as agent of Department of Veterans Affairs.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.61.53SECTION 3.109
   3.109 Time limit.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.61.54SECTION 3.110
   3.110 Computation of time limit.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.61.55SECTION 3.111
   3.111 [Reserved]
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.61.56SECTION 3.112
   3.112 Fractions of one cent.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.61.57SECTION 3.114
   3.114 Change of law or Department of Veterans Affairs issue.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.61.58SECTION 3.115
   3.115 Access to financial records.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.62SUBJGRP 62
Claims
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.62.59SECTION 3.150
   3.150 Forms to be furnished.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.62.60SECTION 3.151
   3.151 Claims for disability benefits.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.62.61SECTION 3.152
   3.152 Claims for death benefits.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.62.62SECTION 3.153
   3.153 Claims filed with Social Security.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.62.63SECTION 3.154
   3.154 Injury due to hospital treatment, etc.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.62.64SECTION 3.155
   3.155 How to file a claim.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.62.65SECTION 3.156
   3.156 New evidence.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.62.66SECTION 3.158
   3.158 Abandoned claims.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.62.67SECTION 3.159
   3.159 Department of Veterans Affairs assistance in developing claims.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.62.68SECTION 3.160
   3.160 Status of claims.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.62.69SECTION 3.161
   3.161 [Reserved]
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.63SUBJGRP 63
Evidence Requirements
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.63.70SECTION 3.200
   3.200 Testimony certified or under oath.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.63.71SECTION 3.201
   3.201 Exchange of evidence; Social Security and Department of Veterans Affairs.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.63.72SECTION 3.202
   3.202 Evidence from foreign countries.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.63.73SECTION 3.203
   3.203 Service records as evidence of service and character of discharge.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.63.74SECTION 3.204
   3.204 Evidence of dependents and age.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.63.75SECTION 3.205
   3.205 Marriage.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.63.76SECTION 3.206
   3.206 Divorce.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.63.77SECTION 3.207
   3.207 Void or annulled marriage.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.63.78SECTION 3.208
   3.208 Claims based on attained age.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.63.79SECTION 3.209
   3.209 Birth.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.63.80SECTION 3.210
   3.210 Child's relationship.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.63.81SECTION 3.211
   3.211 Death.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.63.82SECTION 3.212
   3.212 Unexplained absence for 7 years.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.63.83SECTION 3.213
   3.213 Change of status affecting entitlement.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.63.84SECTION 3.214
   3.214 Court decisions; unremarried surviving spouses.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.63.85SECTION 3.215
   3.215 Termination of marital relationship or conduct.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.63.86SECTION 3.216
   3.216 Mandatory disclosure of social security numbers.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.63.87SECTION 3.217
   3.217 Submission of statements or information affecting entitlement to benefits.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.64SUBJGRP 64
Dependency, Income and Estate
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.65SUBJGRP 65
Regulations Applicable to Programs in Effect Prior to January 1, 1979
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.65.88SECTION 3.250
   3.250 Dependency of parents; compensation.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.65.89SECTION 3.251
   3.251 Income of parents; dependency and indemnity compensation.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.65.90SECTION 3.252
   3.252 Annual income; pension; Mexican border period and later war periods.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.65.91SECTION 3.253-3.255
   3.253-3.255 [Reserved]
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.65.92SECTION 3.256
   3.256 Eligibility reporting requirements.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.65.93SECTION 3.257
   3.257 Children; no surviving spouse entitled.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.65.94SECTION 3.258-3.259
   3.258-3.259 [Reserved]
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.65.95SECTION 3.260
   3.260 Computation of income.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.65.96SECTION 3.261
   3.261 Character of income; exclusions and estates.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.65.97SECTION 3.262
   3.262 Evaluation of income.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.65.98SECTION 3.263
   3.263 Corpus of estate; net worth.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.65.99SECTION 3.270
   3.270 Applicability of various dependency, income and estate regulations.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.66SUBJGRP 66
Regulations Applicable to the Improved Pension Program Which Became Effective January 1, 1979
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.66.100SECTION 3.271
   3.271 Computation of income.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.66.101SECTION 3.272
   3.272 Exclusions from income.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.66.102SECTION 3.273
   3.273 Rate computation.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.66.103SECTION 3.274
   3.274 Net worth and VA pension.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.66.104SECTION 3.275
   3.275 How VA determines the asset amount for pension net worth determinations.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.66.105SECTION 3.276
   3.276 Asset transfers and penalty periods.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.66.106SECTION 3.277
   3.277 Eligibility reporting requirements.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.66.107SECTION 3.278
   3.278 Deductible medical expenses.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.66.108SECTION 3.279
   3.279 Statutory exclusions from income or assets (net worth or corpus of the estate).
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.67SUBJGRP 67
Ratings and Evaluations; Basic Entitlement Considerations
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.67.109SECTION 3.300
   3.300 Claims based on the effects of tobacco products.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.67.110SECTION 3.301
   3.301 Line of duty and misconduct.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.67.111SECTION 3.302
   3.302 Service connection for mental unsoundness in suicide.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68SUBJGRP 68
Ratings and Evaluations; Service Connection
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.112SECTION 3.303
   3.303 Principles relating to service connection.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.113SECTION 3.304
   3.304 Direct service connection; wartime and peacetime.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.114SECTION 3.305
   3.305 Direct service connection; peacetime service before January 1, 1947.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.115SECTION 3.306
   3.306 Aggravation of preservice disability.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.116SECTION 3.307
   3.307 Presumptive service connection for chronic, tropical, or prisoner-of-war related disease, disease associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents, or disease associated with exposure to contaminants in the water supply at Camp Lejeune; wartime and service on or after January 1, 1947.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.117SECTION 3.308
   3.308 Presumptive service connection; peacetime service before January 1, 1947.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.118SECTION 3.309
   3.309 Disease subject to presumptive service connection.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.119SECTION 3.310
   3.310 Disabilities that are proximately due to, or aggravated by, service-connected disease or injury.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.120SECTION 3.311
   3.311 Claims based on exposure to ionizing radiation.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.121SECTION 3.312
   3.312 Cause of death.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.122SECTION 3.313
   3.313 Claims based on service in Vietnam.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.123SECTION 3.314
   3.314 Basic pension determinations.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.124SECTION 3.315
   3.315 Basic eligibility determinations; dependents, loans, education.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.125SECTION 3.316
   3.316 Claims based on chronic effects of exposure to mustard gas and Lewisite.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.126SECTION 3.317
   3.317 Compensation for certain disabilities occurring in Persian Gulf veterans.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.127SECTION 3.318
   3.318 Presumptive service connection for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.128SECTION 3.319-3.320
   3.319-3.320 [Reserved]
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.129SECTION 3.321
   3.321 General rating considerations.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.130SECTION 3.322
   3.322 Rating of disabilities aggravated by service.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.131SECTION 3.323
   3.323 Combined ratings.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.132SECTION 3.324
   3.324 Multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.133SECTION 3.325
   3.325 [Reserved]
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.134SECTION 3.326
   3.326 Examinations.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.135SECTION 3.327
   3.327 Reexaminations.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.136SECTION 3.328
   3.328 lndependent medical opinions.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.137SECTION 3.329
   3.329 [Reserved]
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.138SECTION 3.330
   3.330 Resumption of rating when veteran subsequently reports for Department of Veterans Affairs examination.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.139SECTION 3.331-3.339
   3.331-3.339 [Reserved]
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.140SECTION 3.340
   3.340 Total and permanent total ratings and unemployability.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.141SECTION 3.341
   3.341 Total disability ratings for compensation purposes.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.142SECTION 3.342
   3.342 Permanent and total disability ratings for pension purposes.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.143SECTION 3.343
   3.343 Continuance of total disability ratings.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.68.144SECTION 3.344
   3.344 Stabilization of disability evaluations.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.69SUBJGRP 69
Ratings for Special Purposes
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.69.145SECTION 3.350
   3.350 Special monthly compensation ratings.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.69.146SECTION 3.351
   3.351 Special monthly dependency and indemnity compensation, death compensation, pension and spouse's compensation ratings.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.69.147SECTION 3.352
   3.352 Criteria for determining need for aid and attendance and “permanently bedridden.”
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.69.148SECTION 3.353
   3.353 Determinations of incompetency and competency.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.69.149SECTION 3.354
   3.354 Determinations of insanity.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.69.150SECTION 3.355
   3.355 Testamentary capacity for insurance purposes.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.69.151SECTION 3.356
   3.356 Conditions which determine permanent incapacity for self-support.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.69.152SECTION 3.357
   3.357 Civil service preference ratings.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.69.153SECTION 3.358
   3.358 Compensation for disability or death from hospitalization, medical or surgical treatment, examinations or vocational rehabilitation training (§ 3.800).
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.69.154SECTION 3.359
   3.359 Determination of service connection for former members of the Armed Forces of Czechoslovakia or Poland.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.69.155SECTION 3.360
   3.360 Service-connected health-care eligibility of certain persons administratively discharged under other than honorable condition.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.69.156SECTION 3.361
   3.361 Benefits under 38 U.S.C. 1151(a) for additional disability or death due to hospital care, medical or surgical treatment, examination, training and rehabilitation services, or compensated work therapy program.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.69.157SECTION 3.362
   3.362 Offsets under 38 U.S.C. 1151(b) of benefits awarded under 38 U.S.C. 1151(a).
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.69.158SECTION 3.363
   3.363 Bar to benefits under 38 U.S.C. 1151.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.70SUBJGRP 70
Rating Considerations Relative to Specific Diseases
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.70.159SECTION 3.370
   3.370 Pulmonary tuberculosis shown by X-ray in active service.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.70.160SECTION 3.371
   3.371 Presumptive service connection for tuberculous disease; wartime and service on or after January 1, 1947.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.70.161SECTION 3.372
   3.372 Initial grant following inactivity of tuberculosis.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.70.162SECTION 3.373
   3.373 [Reserved]
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.70.163SECTION 3.374
   3.374 Effect of diagnosis of active tuberculosis.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.70.164SECTION 3.375
   3.375 Determination of inactivity (complete arrest) in tuberculosis.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.70.165SECTION 3.376-3.377
   3.376-3.377 [Reserved]
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.70.166SECTION 3.378
   3.378 Changes from activity in pulmonary tuberculosis pension cases.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.70.167SECTION 3.379
   3.379 Anterior poliomyelitis.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.70.168SECTION 3.380
   3.380 Diseases of allergic etiology.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.70.169SECTION 3.381
   3.381 Service connection of dental conditions for treatment purposes.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.70.170SECTION 3.382
   3.382 [Reserved]
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.70.171SECTION 3.383
   3.383 Special consideration for paired organs and extremities.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.70.172SECTION 3.384
   3.384 Psychosis.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.70.173SECTION 3.385
   3.385 Disability due to impaired hearing.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.71SUBJGRP 71
Effective Dates
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.71.174SECTION 3.400
   3.400 General.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.71.175SECTION 3.401
   3.401 Veterans.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.71.176SECTION 3.402
   3.402 Surviving spouse.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.71.177SECTION 3.403
   3.403 Children.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.71.178SECTION 3.404
   3.404 Parents.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.71.179SECTION 3.405
   3.405 Filipino veterans and their survivors; benefits at the full-dollar rate.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.72SUBJGRP 72
Apportionments
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.72.180SECTION 3.450
   3.450 General.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.72.181SECTION 3.451
   3.451 Special apportionments.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.72.182SECTION 3.452
   3.452 Situations when benefits may be apportioned.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.72.183SECTION 3.453
   3.453 Veterans compensation or service pension or retirement pay.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.72.184SECTION 3.454
   3.454 Veterans disability pension.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.72.185SECTION 3.458
   3.458 Veteran's benefits not apportionable.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.72.186SECTION 3.459
   3.459 Death compensation.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.72.187SECTION 3.460
   3.460 Death pension.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.72.188SECTION 3.461
   3.461 Dependency and indemnity compensation.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.73SUBJGRP 73
Reductions and Discontinuances
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.73.189SECTION 3.500
   3.500 General.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.73.190SECTION 3.501
   3.501 Veterans.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.73.191SECTION 3.502
   3.502 Surviving spouses.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.73.192SECTION 3.503
   3.503 Children.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.73.193SECTION 3.504
   3.504 Parents; aid and attendance.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.73.194SECTION 3.505
   3.505 Filipino veterans and their survivors; benefits at the full-dollar rate.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.74SUBJGRP 74
Hospitalization Adjustments
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.74.195SECTION 3.551
   3.551 Reduction because of hospitalization.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.74.196SECTION 3.552
   3.552 Adjustment of allowance for aid and attendance.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.74.197SECTION 3.553-3.555
   3.553-3.555 [Reserved]
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.74.198SECTION 3.556
   3.556 Adjustment on discharge or release.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.74.199SECTION 3.557
   3.557 [Reserved]
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.74.200SECTION 3.558
   3.558 Resumption and payment of withheld benefits; incompetents with estates that equaled or exceeded statutory limit.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.74.201SECTION 3.559
   3.559 [Reserved]
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.75SUBJGRP 75
Adjustments and Resumptions
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.75.202SECTION 3.650
   3.650 Rate for additional dependent.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.75.203SECTION 3.651
   3.651 Change in status of dependents.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.75.204SECTION 3.652
   3.652 Periodic certification of continued eligibility.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.75.205SECTION 3.653
   3.653 Foreign residence.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.75.206SECTION 3.654
   3.654 Active service pay.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.75.207SECTION 3.655
   3.655 Failure to report for Department of Veterans Affairs examination.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.75.208SECTION 3.656
   3.656 Disappearance of veteran.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.75.209SECTION 3.657
   3.657 Surviving spouse becomes entitled, or entitlement terminates.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.75.210SECTION 3.658
   3.658 Offsets; dependency and indemnity compensation.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.75.211SECTION 3.659
   3.659 Two parents in same parental line.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.75.212SECTION 3.660
   3.660 Dependency, income and estate.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.75.213SECTION 3.661
   3.661 Eligibility Verification Reports.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.75.214SECTION 3.662-3.664
   3.662-3.664 [Reserved]
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.75.215SECTION 3.665
   3.665 Incarcerated beneficiaries and fugitive felons - compensation.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.75.216SECTION 3.666
   3.666 Incarcerated beneficiaries and fugitive felons - pension.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.75.217SECTION 3.667
   3.667 School attendance.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.75.218SECTION 3.668
   3.668 [Reserved]
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.75.219SECTION 3.669
   3.669 Forfeiture.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.76SUBJGRP 76
Concurrent Benefits and Elections
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.76.220SECTION 3.700
   3.700 General.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.76.221SECTION 3.701
   3.701 Elections of pension or compensation.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.76.222SECTION 3.702
   3.702 Dependency and indemnity compensation.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.76.223SECTION 3.703
   3.703 Two parents in same parental line.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.76.224SECTION 3.704
   3.704 Elections within class of dependents.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.76.225SECTION 3.705-3.706
   3.705-3.706 [Reserved]
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.76.226SECTION 3.707
   3.707 Dependents' educational assistance.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.76.227SECTION 3.708
   3.708 Federal Employees' Compensation.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.76.228SECTION 3.710
   3.710 Civil service annuitants.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.76.229SECTION 3.711
   3.711 Improved pension elections.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.76.230SECTION 3.712
   3.712 Improved pension elections; surviving spouses of Spanish-American War veterans.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.76.231SECTION 3.713
   3.713 Effective dates of improved pension elections.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.76.232SECTION 3.714
   3.714 Improved pension elections - public assistance beneficiaries.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.76.233SECTION 3.715
   3.715 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1990, as amended.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.77SUBJGRP 77
Retirement
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.77.234SECTION 3.750
   3.750 Entitlement to concurrent receipt of military retired pay and disability compensation.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.77.235SECTION 3.751
   3.751 Statutory awards; retired service personnel.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.77.236SECTION 3.752
   3.752 [Reserved]
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.77.237SECTION 3.753
   3.753 Public Health Service.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.77.238SECTION 3.754
   3.754 Emergency officers' retirement pay.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.78SUBJGRP 78
Special Benefits
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.78.239SECTION 3.800
   3.800 Disability or death due to hospitalization, etc.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.78.240SECTION 3.801
   3.801 Special acts.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.78.241SECTION 3.802
   3.802 Medal of Honor.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.78.242SECTION 3.803
   3.803 Naval pension.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.78.243SECTION 3.804
   3.804 Special allowance under 38 U.S.C. 1312.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.78.244SECTION 3.805
   3.805 Loan guaranty for surviving spouses; certification.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.78.245SECTION 3.806
   3.806 Death gratuity; certification.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.78.246SECTION 3.807
   3.807 Dependents' educational assistance; certification.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.78.247SECTION 3.808
   3.808 Automobiles or other conveyances and adaptive equipment; certification.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.78.248SECTION 3.809
   3.809 Specially adapted housing under 38 U.S.C. 2101(a)(2)(A)(i).
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.78.249SECTION 3.809a
   3.809a Special home adaptation grants under 38 U.S.C. 2101(b).
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.78.250SECTION 3.810
   3.810 Clothing allowance.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.78.251SECTION 3.811
   3.811 Minimum income annuity and gratuitous annuity.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.78.252SECTION 3.812
   3.812 Special allowance payable under section 156 of Pub. L. 97-377.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.78.253SECTION 3.813
   3.813 Interim benefits for disability or death due to chloracne or porphyria cutanea tarda.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.78.254SECTION 3.814
   3.814 Monetary allowance under 38 U.S.C. chapter 18 for an individual suffering from spina bifida whose biological father or mother is or was a Vietnam veteran or a veteran with covered service in Korea.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.78.255SECTION 3.815
   3.815 Monetary allowance under 38 U.S.C. chapter 18 for an individual with disability from covered birth defects whose biological mother is or was a Vietnam veteran; identification of covered birth defects.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.78.256SECTION 3.816
   3.816 Awards under the Nehmer Court Orders for disability or death caused by a condition presumptively associated with herbicide exposure.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.79SUBJGRP 79
Forfeiture
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.79.257SECTION 3.900
   3.900 General.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.79.258SECTION 3.901
   3.901 Fraud.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.79.259SECTION 3.902
   3.902 Treasonable acts.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.79.260SECTION 3.903
   3.903 Subversive activities.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.79.261SECTION 3.904
   3.904 Effect of forfeiture after veteran's death.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.79.262SECTION 3.905
   3.905 Declaration of forfeiture or remission of forfeiture.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.80SUBJGRP 80
Protection
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.80.263SECTION 3.950
   3.950 Helpless children; Spanish-American and prior wars.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.80.264SECTION 3.951
   3.951 Preservation of disability ratings.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.80.265SECTION 3.952
   3.952 Protected ratings.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.80.266SECTION 3.953
   3.953 Pub. L. 85-56 and Pub. L. 85-857.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.80.267SECTION 3.955-3.956
   3.955-3.956 [Reserved]
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.80.268SECTION 3.957
   3.957 Service connection.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.80.269SECTION 3.958
   3.958 Federal employees' compensation cases.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.80.270SECTION 3.959
   3.959 Tuberculosis.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.80.271SECTION 3.960
   3.960 Section 306 and old-law pension protection.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.81SUBJGRP 81
Accrued
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.81.272SECTION 3.1000
   3.1000 Entitlement under 38 U.S.C. 5121 to benefits due and unpaid upon death of a beneficiary.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.81.273SECTION 3.1001
   3.1001 Hospitalized competent veterans.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.81.274SECTION 3.1002
   3.1002 Political subdivisions of United States.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.81.275SECTION 3.1003
   3.1003 Returned and canceled checks.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.81.276SECTION 3.1004-3.1006
   3.1004-3.1006 [Reserved]
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.81.277SECTION 3.1007
   3.1007 Hospitalized incompetent veterans.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.81.278SECTION 3.1008
   3.1008 Accrued benefits payable to foreign beneficiaries.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.81.279SECTION 3.1009
   3.1009 Personal funds of patients.
38:1.0.1.1.4.1.81.280SECTION 3.1010
   3.1010 Substitution under 38 U.S.C. 5121A following death of a claimant.