PART II-GENERAL BENEFITS CHAPTER 11-COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR 1102. Special provisions relating to surviving spouses. SUBCHAPTER II—Wartime DISABILITY COMPENSATION 1110. Basic entitlement. 1111. Presumption of sound condition. 1112. Presumptions relating to certain diseases and disabilities. 1113. Presumptions rebuttable. 1114. Rates of wartime disability compensation. 1115. Additional compensation for dependents. 1116. Presumptions of service connection for diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents. SUBCHAPTER III-WARTIME DEATH COMPENSATION 1121. Basic entitlement. 1122. Rates of wartime death compensation. SUBCHAPTER IV-PEACETIME DISABILITY COMPENSATION 1131. Basic entitlement. 1132. Presumption of sound condition. 1133. Presumptions relating to certain diseases. 1134. Rates of peacetime disability compensation. 1135. Additional compensation for dependents. 1137. Wartime presumptions for certain veterans. SUBCHAPTER V-PEACETIME Death COMPENSATION SUBCHAPTER VI-GENERAL COMPENSATION PROVISIONS 1151. Benefits for persons disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation. 1152. Persons heretofore having a compensable status. 1153. Aggravation. 1154. Consideration to be accorded time, place, and circumstances of service. 1155. Authority for schedule for rating disabilities. 1156. [REPEALED.] 1157. Combination of certain ratings. 1158. Disappearance. 1159. Protection of service connection. 1160. Special consideration for certain cases of loss of paired organs or extremities. 1161. Payment of disability compensation in disability severance cases. 1162. Clothing allowance. 1163. Trial work periods and vocational rehabilitation for certain veterans with total disability ratings. CHAPTER 13-DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DEATHS SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL Sec. 1301. Definitions. 1302. Determination of pay grade. 1303. [REPEALED.] 1304. Special provisions relating to surviving spouses. SUBCHAPTER II-DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION 1310. Deaths entitling survivors to dependency and indemnity compensation. 1311. Dependency and indemnity compensation to a surviving spouse. 1312. Benefits in certain cases of in-service or service-connected deaths. 1313. Dependency and indemnity compensation to children. 1314. Supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation to children. 1315. Dependency and indemnity compensation to parents. 1316. Dependency and indemnity compensation in cases of prior deaths. 1317. Restriction on payments under this chapter. 1318. Benefits for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at time of death. SUBCHAPTER III—CERTIFICATIONS 1321. Certifications with respect to pay grade. 1322. Certifications with respect to social security entitlement. 1323. Certifications with respect to circumstances of death. CHAPTER 15-PENSION FOR NON-SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH OR FOR SERVICE SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL Sec. 1501. Definitions. 1502. Determinations with respect to disability. 1503. Determinations with respect to annual income. 1504. Persons heretofore having a pensionable status. 1505. Payment of pension during confinement in penal institutions. 1506. Resource reports and overpayment adjustments. 1507. Disappearance. 1508. Frequency of payment of pension benefits. SUBCHAPTER II-VETERANS' PENSIONS 1510. [REPEALED.] 1511. Indian War veterans. Service Pension 1512. Spanish-American War veterans. Non-Service-Connected Disability Pension 1521. Veterans of a period of war. 1522. Net worth limitation. 1523. Combination of ratings. 1524. Vocational training for certain pension recipients. 1525. Protection of health-care eligibility. SUBCHAPTER III-PENSIONS TO SURVIVING SPOUSES AND CHILDREN Wars Before World War I 1531. [REPEALED.] 1532. Surviving spouses of Civil War veterans. 1533. Children of Civil War veterans. 1534. Surviving spouses of Indian War veterans. 1535. Children of Indian War veterans. 1536. Surviving spouses of Spanish-American War veterans. 1537. Children of Spanish-American War veterans. Other Periods of War 1541. Surviving spouses of veterans of a period of war. 1542. Children of veterans of a period of war. 1543. Net worth limitation. 1544. [REPEALED.] SUBCHAPTER IV—ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, AND COAST GUARD CHAPTER 17-HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL Sec. 1701. Definitions. 1702. Presumption relating to psychosis. 1703. Contracts for hospital care and medical services in non-Department facilities. 1704. Preventive health services: annual report. SUBCHAPTER II—HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME OR Domiciliary Care and MEDICAL TREATMENT 1710. Eligibility for hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care. 1711. Care during examinations and in emergencies. 1712. Eligibility for outpatient services. 1712A. Eligibility for readjustment counseling and related mental health services. 1712B. Counseling for former prisoners of war. 1713. Medical care for survivors and dependers of certain veterans. 1714. Fitting and training in use of prosthetic appliances; seeing-eye dogs. 1715. Tobacco for hospitalized veterans. 1716. Hospital care by other agencies of the United States. 1717. Home health services; invalid lifts and other devices. 1718. Therapeutic and rehabilitative activities. 1719. Repair or replacement of certain prosthetic and other appliances. 1720. Transfers for nursing home care; adult day health care. 1720A. Treatment and rehabilitation for alcohol or drug dependence or abuse disabilities. 1720B. Respite care. 1720C. Noninstitutional alternatives to nursing home care: pilot program. 1720D. Counseling to women veterans for sexual trauma. SUBCHAPTER III-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO HOSPITAL AND NURSING HOME CARE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT OF VETERANS 1721. Power to make rules and regulations. 1722. Determination of inability to defray necessary expenses; income thresholds. 1722A. Copayment for medications. 1723. Furnishing of clothing. 1724. Hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care abroad. 1725. [REPEALED.] 1726. Reimbursement for loss of personal effects by natural disaster. 1727. Persons eligible under prior law. 1728. Reimbursement of certain medical expenses. 1729. Recovery by the United States of the cost of certain care and services. 1730. Community residential care. SUBCHAPTER IV-HOSPITAL CARE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR VETERANS IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 1731. Assistance to the Republic of the Philippines. 1732. Contracts and grants to provide for the care and treatment of United States veterans by the Veterans Memorial Medical Center. 1733. Supervision of program by the President. 1734. Hospital and nursing home care and medical services in the United States. 1735. Definitions. SUBCHAPTER V-PAYMENTS TO STATE HOMES 1741. Criteria for payment. 1742. Inspections of such homes; restrictions on beneficiaries. 1743. Applications. 1744. [REPEALED.] SUBCHAPTER VI SICKLE CELL ANEMIA 1751. Screening, counseling, and medical treatment. 1752. Research. 1753. Voluntary participation; confidentiality. 1754. Reports. 1906. Policy provisions. 1907. Payment or use of dividends. 1908. Premium payments. 1909. Effective date of insurance. 1910. Incontestability. 1911. Forfeiture. 1912. Total disability waiver. 1913. Death before six months' total disability. 1914. Statutory total disabilities. 1915. Total disability income provision. 1916. Insurance which matured before August 1, 1946. 1917. Insurance maturing on or after August 1, 1946. 1918. Assignments. 1919. National Service Life Insurance appropriation. 1920. National Service Life Insurance Fund. 1921. Extra hazard costs. 1922. Service disabled veterans' insurance. 1922A. Supplemental service disabled veterans' insurance for totally disabled vet erans. 1923. Veterans' Special Life Insurance. 1924. In-service waiver of premiums. 1925. Limited period for acquiring insurance. 1926. Authority for higher interest rates for amounts payable to beneficiaries. 1927. Authority for higher monthly installments payable to certain annuitants. 1928. Authority for payment of interest on settlements. 1929. Authority to adjust premium discount rates. 1955. United States Government Life Insurance Fund. 1956. Military and naval insurance appropriation. 1957. Extra hazard costs. 1958. Statutory total permanent disability. 1959. Waiver of disability for reinstatement. 1960. Waiver of premium payments on due date. 1961. Authority for higher interest rates for amounts payable to beneficiaries. 1962. Authority for higher monthly installments payable to certain annuitants. 1963. Authority for payment of interest on settlements. 1966. Eligible insurance companies. 1967. Persons insured; amount. 1968. Duration and termination of coverage; conversion. 1969. Deductions; payment; investment; expenses. 2101. Veterans eligible for assistance. 2102. Limitations on assistance furnished. 2103. Furnishing of plans and specifications. 2104. Benefits additional to benefits under other laws. 2303. Death in Department facility; plot allowance. 2304. Claims for reimbursement. 2305. Persons eligible under prior law. 2306. Headstones, markers, and grave liners. 2307. Death from service-connected disability. 2308. Transportation of deceased veteran to a national cemetery. 2400. Establishment of National Cemetery System; composition of such system; ap- 2401. Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials. 2402. Persons eligible for interment in national cemeteries. |