Contents
- (a) The Secretary shall pay benefits under this chapter to the…1 change
- (b) A deceased veteran referred to in subsection (a) of this s…6 changes
- (c) Benefits may not be paid under this chapter by reason of t…1 change
- (d) If a surviving spouse or a child receives any money or pro…
- (e) For purposes of sections 1448(d) and 1450(c) of title 10,…1 change
(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—
(1)the disability was continuously rated totally disabling for a period of 10 or more years immediately preceding death;
(2)the disability was continuously rated totally disabling for a period of not less than five years from the date of such veteran’s discharge or other release from active duty; or
(3)the veteran was a former prisoner of war and the disability was continuously rated totally disabling for a period of not less than one year immediately preceding death.
United States Government work; public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105.