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38 U.S.C. § 1142 — Rates of peacetime death compensation
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For the purposes of [section 1141 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1141&num=0&edition=prelim), the monthly rates of death compensation payable shall be those specified in [section 1122 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1122&num=0&edition=prelim).
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For the purposes of [section 1141 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1141&num=0&edition=prelim), the monthly rates of death compensation payable shall be those specified in [section 1122 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1122&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Establishment.—** There is in the Department an Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events. There is at the head of the Office a Director, who shall report to an appropriate official of the Veterans Health Administration, as determined by the Secretary, or to the Deputy Secretary or Secretary.
**(b) Responsibilities of Director.—** Subject to the direction of the Secretary, the Director—
(1) shall establish and carry out qualifying programs and events;
(2) may provide for sponsorship by the Department of qualifying programs and events;
(3) may provide for, facilitate, and encourage participation by disabled veterans in qualifying programs and events;
(4) shall, to the extent feasible, cooperate with entities with significant experience in managing large-scale adaptive sports programs;
(5) shall seek sponsorships and donations from the private sector to defray costs of carrying out the responsibilities of the Director to the maximum extent feasible; and
(6) may carry out such other responsibilities as the Secretary determines are appropriate.
**(c) Qualifying Program or Event.—** For purposes of this section, a qualifying program or event is a sports program or other event in which disabled veterans and disabled members of the Armed Forces participate and that is approved by the Secretary as being consistent with the goals and missions of the Department.
**(d) Monthly Assistance Allowance.—**
(1) Subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, the Secretary may provide a monthly assistance allowance to—
(A) a veteran with a disability invited by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee to compete for a slot on, or selected for, the Paralympic Team for any month in which the veteran is training or competing in
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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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**(a)** The monthly rates of death compensation shall be as follows:
(1) Surviving spouse but no child, $87;
(2) Surviving spouse with one child, $121 (with $29 for each additional child);
(3) No surviving spouse but one child, $67;
(4) No surviving spouse but two children, $94 (equally divided);
(5) No surviving spouse but three children, $122 (equally divided) (with $23 for each additional child, total amount to be equally divided);
(6) Dependent parent, $75;
(7) Both dependent parents, $40 each.
**(b)** The monthly rate of death compensation payable to a surviving spouse or dependent parent under subsection (a) of this section shall be increased by $79 if the payee is (1) a patient in a nursing home or (2) blind, or so nearly blind or significantly disabled as to need or require the regular aid and attendance of another person.
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The surviving spouse, child or children, and dependent parent or parents of any veteran who died before January 1, 1957, as the result of injury or disease incurred in or aggravated by active military, naval, air, or space service, in line of duty, during other than a period of war, shall be entitled to receive compensation as hereinafter provided in this subchapter.
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 1151
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1976 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 94–433 effective Oct. 1, 1976,
see section 406 of Pub. L. 94–433, set out as a note under
section 1101 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1971 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 92–197 effective Jan. 1, 1972,
see section 10 of Pub. L. 92–197, set out as a note under
section 1311 of this title.
§ 1142. Rates of peacetime death compensation
For the purposes of section 1141 of this title,
the monthly rates of death compensation pay-
able shall be those specified in section 1122 of
this title.
(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1124, § 342;
Pub. L. 93–295, title II, § 206(a), May 31, 1974, 88
Stat. 183; renumbered § 1142 and amended Pub. L.
102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1991—Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), renumbered section 342 of
this title as this section.
Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted ‘‘1141’’ for ‘‘341’’
and ‘‘1122’’ for ‘‘322’’.
1974—Pub. L. 93–295 substituted ‘‘those specified in
section 322 of this title’’ for ‘‘equal to 80 per centum of
the rates prescribed by section 322 of this title, ad-
justed upward or downward to the nearest dollar,
counting fifty cents and over as a whole dollar’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1974 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 93–295 effective May 1, 1974,
see section 401 of Pub. L. 93–295, set out as a note under
section 1114 of this title.
[§ 1143. Vacant]
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Prior to renumbering of sections 301 to 363 of this
chapter as sections 1101 to 1163 by Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a),
Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406, section 343 of this chapter,
Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 S
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