2021 US Code
Title 38 - Veterans' Benefits
Part II - General Benefits
Chapter 11 - Compensation for Service-Connected Disability or Death
Subchapter V - Peacetime Death Compensation
Sec. 1141 - Basic entitlement
| 38 U.S.C. § 1141 (2021) |
| §1141. Basic entitlement |
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The surviving spouse, child or children, and dependent parent or parents of any veteran who died before January 1, 1957, as the result of injury or disease incurred in or aggravated by active military, naval, air, or space service, in line of duty, during other than a period of war, shall be entitled to receive compensation as hereinafter provided in this subchapter. |
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(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1123, §341; Pub. L. 92–197, §6, Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 662; Pub. L. 94–433, title IV, §404(18), Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1379; renumbered §1141, Pub. L. 102–83, §5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, §926(a)(14), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3830.) |
| EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS
2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted "air, or space service" for "or air service". 1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 341 of this title as this section. 1976—Pub. L. 94–433 substituted "spouse" for "widow". 1971—Pub. L. 92–197 struck out eligibility clause when the veteran died after April 30, 1957, under circumstances described in section 417(a) of this title. STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1976 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 94–433 effective Oct. 1, 1976, see section 406 of Pub. L. 94–433, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1971 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 92–197 effective Jan. 1, 1972, see section 10 of Pub. L. 92–197, set out as a note under section 1311 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS |
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| Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS PART II - GENERAL BENEFITS CHAPTER 11 - COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH SUBCHAPTER V - PEACETIME DEATH COMPENSATION Sec. 1141 - Basic entitlement |
| section 1141 |
| 2021 |
| January 3, 2022 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 72 Stat. 1123 85 Stat. 662 90 Stat. 1379 105 Stat. 406 134 Stat. 3830 |
| Public Law 85-857, Public Law 92-197, Public Law 94-433, Public Law 102-83, Public Law 116-283 |
