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38 U.S.C. § 1134 — Rates of peacetime disability compensation
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For the purposes of [section 1131 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1131&num=0&edition=prelim), the compensation payable for the disability shall be that specified in [section 1114 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1114&num=0&edition=prelim).
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For the purposes of [section 1131 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1131&num=0&edition=prelim), the compensation payable for the disability shall be that specified in [section 1114 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1114&num=0&edition=prelim).
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The Central Office of the Department shall be in the District of Columbia.
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For the purposes of [section 1110 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1110&num=0&edition=prelim)—
**(a)** if and while the disability is rated 10 percent the monthly compensation shall be $123;
**(b)** if and while the disability is rated 20 percent the monthly compensation shall be $243;
**(c)** if and while the disability is rated 30 percent the monthly compensation shall be $376;
**(d)** if and while the disability is rated 40 percent the monthly compensation shall be $541;
**(e)** if and while the disability is rated 50 percent the monthly compensation shall be $770;
**(f)** if and while the disability is rated 60 percent the monthly compensation shall be $974;
**(g)** if and while the disability is rated 70 percent the monthly compensation shall be $1,228;
**(h)** if and while the disability is rated 80 percent the monthly compensation shall be $1,427;
**(i)** if and while the disability is rated 90 percent the monthly compensation shall be $1,604;
**(j)** if and while the disability is rated as total the monthly compensation shall be $2,673;
**(k)** if the veteran, as the result of service-connected disability, has suffered the anatomical loss or loss of use of one or more creative organs, or one foot, or one hand, or both buttocks, or blindness of one eye, having only light perception, has suffered complete organic aphonia with constant inability to communicate by speech, or deafness of both ears, having absence of air and bone conduction, or, in the case of a woman veteran, has suffered the anatomical loss of 25 percent or more of tissue from a single breast or both breasts in combination (including loss by mastectomy or partial mastectomy) or has received radiation treatment of breast tissue, the
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For disability resulting from personal injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty, or for aggravation of a preexisting injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty, in the active military, naval, air, or space service, during other than a period of war, the United States will pay to any veteran thus disabled and who was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable from the period of service in which said injury or disease was incurred, or preexisting injury or disease was aggravated, compensation as provided in this subchapter, but no compensation shall be paid if the disability is a result of the veteran’s own willful misconduct or abuse of alcohol or drugs.
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Any veteran entitled to compensation at the rates provided in [section 1134 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1134&num=0&edition=prelim), and whose disability is rated not less than 30 percent, shall be entitled to additional monthly compensation for dependents as provided in [section 1115 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1115&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)**
(1) As part of medical services furnished to a veteran under [section 1710(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1710/a&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary may furnish such home health services as the Secretary finds to be necessary or appropriate for the effective and economical treatment of the veteran.
(2) Improvements and structural alterations may be furnished as part of such home health services only as necessary to assure the continuation of treatment for the veteran’s disability or to provide access to the home or to essential lavatory and sanitary facilities. The cost of such improvements and structural alterations (or the amount of reimbursement therefor) under this subsection may not exceed—
(A) in the case of medical services furnished under [section 1710(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1710/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim), or for a disability described in [section 1710(a)(2)(C) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1710/a/2/C&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(i) in the case of a veteran who first applies for benefits under this paragraph before May 5, 2010, $4,100; or
(ii) in the case of a veteran who first applies for benefits under this paragraph on or after May 5, 2010, $6,800; and
(B) in the case of medical services furnished under any other provision of [section 1710(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1710/a&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(i) in the case of a veteran who first applies for benefits under this paragraph before May 5, 2010, $1,200; or
(ii) in the case of a veteran who first applies for benefits un
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 1134
will pay to any veteran thus disabled and who
was discharged or released under conditions
other than dishonorable from the period of serv-
ice in which said injury or disease was incurred,
or preexisting injury or disease was aggravated,
compensation as provided in this subchapter,
but no compensation shall be paid if the dis-
ability is a result of the veteran’s own willful
misconduct or abuse of alcohol or drugs.
(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1122, § 331;
Pub. L. 101–508, title VIII, § 8052(a)(3), Nov. 5,
1990, 104 Stat. 1388–351; renumbered § 1131, Pub. L.
102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L.
105–178, title VIII, § 8202(b), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat.
492; Pub. L. 105–206, title IX, § 9014(a), July 22,
1998, 112 Stat. 865; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title
IX, § 926(a)(10), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3830.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted ‘‘air, or space serv-
ice’’ for ‘‘or air service’’.
1998—Pub. L. 105–178, which directed the substitution
of ‘‘, abuse of alcohol or drugs, or use of tobacco prod-
ucts’’ for ‘‘or abuse of alcohol or drugs’’ before the pe-
riod at end, was amended generally by Pub. L. 105–206,
which provided that the amendments made by that sec-
tion as originally enacted shall be treated for all pur-
poses as not having been made. See Effective Date of
1998 Amendment note below.
1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 331 of this
title as this section.
1990—Pub. L. 101–508 substituted ‘‘a result of the vet-
eran’s own willful misconduct or abuse of alcohol or
drugs’’ for ‘‘the result of the veteran’s own willful mis-
conduct’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1998 AMENDMENT
Title IX of Pub. L. 105–206 effectiv
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