2018 US Code
Title 38 - Veterans' Benefits
Part II - General Benefits
Chapter 11 - Compensation for Service-Connected Disability or Death
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Table of Contents SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL
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1101.Definitions.
1102.Special provisions relating to surviving spouses.
1103.Special provisions relating to claims based upon effects of tobacco products.
1104.Cost-of-living adjustments.

        

SUBCHAPTER II—WARTIME DISABILITY COMPENSATION
1110.Basic entitlement.
1111.Presumption of sound condition.
1112.Presumptions relating to certain diseases and disabilities.
1113.Presumptions rebuttable.
1114.Rates of wartime disability compensation.
1115.Additional compensation for dependents.
1116.Presumptions of service connection for diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents; presumption of exposure for veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam.
1117.Compensation for disabilities occurring in Persian Gulf War veterans.
1118.Presumptions of service connection for illnesses associated with service in the Persian Gulf during the Persian Gulf War.

        

SUBCHAPTER III—WARTIME DEATH COMPENSATION
1121.Basic entitlement.
1122.Rates of wartime death compensation.

        

SUBCHAPTER IV—PEACETIME DISABILITY COMPENSATION
1131.Basic entitlement.
1132.Presumption of sound condition.
1133.Presumptions relating to certain diseases.
1134.Rates of peacetime disability compensation.
1135.Additional compensation for dependents.
1137.Wartime presumptions for certain veterans.

        

SUBCHAPTER V—PEACETIME DEATH COMPENSATION
1141.Basic entitlement.
1142.Rates of peacetime death compensation.

        

SUBCHAPTER VI—GENERAL COMPENSATION PROVISIONS
1151.Benefits for persons disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation.
1152.Persons heretofore having a compensable status.
1153.Aggravation.
1154.Consideration to be accorded time, place, and circumstances of service.
1155.Authority for schedule for rating disabilities.
1156.Temporary disability ratings.
1157.Combination of certain ratings.
1158.Disappearance.
1159.Protection of service connection.
1160.Special consideration for certain cases of loss of paired organs or extremities.
1161.Payment of disability compensation in disability severance cases.
1162.Clothing allowance.
1163.Trial work periods and vocational rehabilitation for certain veterans with total disability ratings.

        

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS
PART II - GENERAL BENEFITS
CHAPTER 11 - COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH
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Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
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