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  1. Title 38 —Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief
  2. Chapter I —Department of Veterans Affairs
  3. Part 3 —Adjudication
  4. Subpart A —Pension, Compensation, and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation
  5. General   View Full Text
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Title 38Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' ReliefPart / Section
Chapter IDepartment of Veterans Affairs0 – 199
Part 3Adjudication3.1 – 3.2601
Subpart APension, Compensation, and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation3.1 – 3.1010
General3.1 – 3.43
§ 3.1Definitions.
§ 3.2Periods of war.
§ 3.3Pension.
§ 3.4Compensation.
§ 3.5Dependency and indemnity compensation.
§ 3.6Duty periods.
§ 3.7Individuals and groups considered to have performed active military, naval, air, or space service.
§ 3.10Dependency and indemnity compensation rate for a surviving spouse.
§ 3.11Homicide.
§ 3.12Benefit eligibility based on character of discharge.
§ 3.12aMinimum active-duty service requirement.
§ 3.13Discharge to change status.
§ 3.14Validity of enlistments.
§ 3.15Computation of service.
§ 3.16Service pension.
§ 3.17Disability and survivors pension; Mexican border period and later war periods.
§§ 3.18-3.19 [Reserved]
§ 3.20Surviving spouse's benefit for month of veteran's death.
§ 3.21Monetary rates.
§ 3.22DIC benefits for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at time of death.
§ 3.23Improved pension rates—Veterans and surviving spouses.
§ 3.24Improved pension rates—Surviving children.
§ 3.25Parent's dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC)—Method of payment computation.
§ 3.26Section 306 and old-law pension annual income limitations.
§ 3.27Automatic adjustment of benefit rates.
§ 3.28Automatic adjustment of section 306 and old-law pension income limitations.
§ 3.29Rounding.
§ 3.30Frequency of payment of improved pension and parents' dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC).
§ 3.31Commencement of the period of payment.
§ 3.32Exchange rates for foreign currencies.
§ 3.33Reevaluation of Claims for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Involving Presumptions of Service Connection Following Enactment of Public Law 117-168.
§ 3.40Philippine and Insular Forces.
§ 3.41Philippine service.
§ 3.42Compensation at the full-dollar rate for certain Filipino veterans residing in the United States.
§ 3.43Burial benefits at the full-dollar rate for certain Filipino veterans residing in the United States on the date of death.
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