Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/38/1318
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U.S. Code › Title 38 › Part II › Chapter 13 › Subchapter II › § 1318
38 U.S. Code § 1318 - Benefits for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at time of death
§ 1318.
Benefits for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at time of death
For purposes of sections 1448(d) and 1450(c) of title 10, eligibility for benefits under this chapter by virtue of this section shall be deemed eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation under section 1311(a) of this title.
(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.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 106–117, § 501(b)(2), inserted “the disability” after “(1)” and struck out “or” after “death;”.
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 106–117, § 501(b)(3), substituted “the disability was continuously rated totally disabling” for “if so rated for a lesser period, was so rated continuously” and substituted “; or” for the period at the end.
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 106–117, § 501(b)(4), added par. (3).
1991—Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), renumbered section 418 of this title as this section.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted “1311(a)” for “411(a)”.
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.”