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Timestamp: 2020-05-29 13:48:31
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1318', '§1403', '§418', '§113', '§1318', '§4', '§501', '§404', '§603', '§501', '§5', '§603']

[USC02] 38 USC 1318: Benefits for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at time of death
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38 USC 1318: Benefits for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at time of death Text contains those laws in effect on May 28, 2020
(b) A deceased veteran referred to in subsection (a) of this section is a veteran who dies, not as the result of the veteran's own willful misconduct, and who was in receipt of or entitled to receive (or but for the receipt of retired or retirement pay was entitled to receive) compensation at the time of death for a service-connected disability rated totally disabling if-
(c) Benefits may not be paid under this chapter by reason of this section to a surviving spouse of a veteran unless-
(Added Pub. L. 100–687, div. B, title XIV, §1403(a)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4130 , §418; amended Pub. L. 101–237, title I, §113, Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2065 ; renumbered §1318 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §§4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404–406 ; Pub. L. 106–117, title V, §501(b), Nov. 30, 1999, 113 Stat. 1573 ; Pub. L. 106–419, title IV, §404(a)(2), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1864 ; Pub. L. 111–275, title VI, §603(a), Oct. 13, 2010, 124 Stat. 2885 .)
2010-Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 111–275 struck out "who died after September 30, 1999," after "prisoner of war".
2000-Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 106–419 substituted "not less than" for "not later than".
1999-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–117, §501(b)(1), substituted "rated totally disabling if-" for "that either-" in introductory provisions.
1991-Pub. L. 102–83, §5(a), renumbered section 418 of this title as this section.
1989-Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 101–237 substituted "one year" for "two years".
Pub. L. 111–275, title VI, §603(b), Oct. 13, 2010, 124 Stat. 2885 , provided that: "The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on October 1, 2011."