Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/38/1102
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U.S. Code › Title 38 › Part II › Chapter 11 › Subchapter I › § 1102 38 U.S. Code § 1102 - Special provisions relating to surviving spouses
No compensation shall be paid to the surviving spouse of a veteran under this chapter unless such surviving spouse was married to such veteran—
before the expiration of fifteen years after the termination of the period of service in which the injury or disease causing the death of the veteran was incurred or aggravated; or
Subsection (a) shall not be applicable to any surviving spouse who, with respect to date of marriage, could have qualified as a surviving spouse for death compensation under any law administered by the Secretary in effect on December 31, 1957.
(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1119, § 302; Pub. L. 86–491, June 8, 1960, 74 Stat. 161; Pub. L. 90–77, title I, § 101(a),Aug. 31, 1967, 81 Stat. 178; Pub. L. 94–433, title IV, § 404(2)–(4), Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1378; renumbered § 1102 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 4(a)(1), 5(a),Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 403, 406.)
1991—Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), renumbered section 302 of this title as this section.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(1), substituted “administered by the Secretary” for “administered by the Veterans’ Administration”.
1976—Pub. L. 94–433, § 404(4), substituted “surviving spouses” for “widows” in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–433, § 404(2), substituted “surviving spouse of a veteran under this chapter unless such surviving spouse was married to such veteran” for “widow of a veteran under this chapter unless she was married to him”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–433, § 404(3), substituted “surviving spouse” for “widow” in two places.
1967—Subsec. (a)(2), (3). Pub. L. 90–77qualified widow of a veteran for receipt of compensation by reducing in par. (2) the requisite marriage period from five years to one year and by making her eligible for benefits in par. (3) in event of antenuptial birth.
1960—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 86–491substituted “fifteen years” for “ten years”.