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38 U.S.C. § 522 — Studies of rehabilitation of disabled persons
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**(a)** The Secretary may conduct studies and investigations, and prepare reports, relative to the rehabilitation of disabled persons, the relative abilities, aptitudes, and capacities of the several groups of the variously handicapped, and how their potentialities can best be developed and their services best used in gainful and suitable employment including the rehabilitation programs of foreign nations.
**(b)** In carrying out this section, the Secretary (1) may cooperate with such public and private agencies as the Secretary considers advisable; and (2) may employ consultants who shall receive a reasonable per diem, as prescribed by the Secretary, for each day actually employed, plus necessary travel and other expenses.
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**(a)** The Secretary may conduct studies and investigations, and prepare reports, relative to the rehabilitation of disabled persons, the relative abilities, aptitudes, and capacities of the several groups of the variously handicapped, and how their potentialities can best be developed and their services best used in gainful and suitable employment including the rehabilitation programs of foreign nations.
**(b)** In carrying out this section, the Secretary (1) may cooperate with such public and private agencies as the Secretary considers advisable; and (2) may employ consultants who shall receive a reasonable per diem, as prescribed by the Secretary, for each day actually employed, plus necessary travel and other expenses.
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**(a)** The Secretary shall deny or discontinue the payment of pension to a veteran under section 1513 or 1521 of this title when the corpus of the estate of the veteran or, if the veteran has a spouse, the corpus of the estates of the veteran and of the veteran’s spouse is such that under all the circumstances, including consideration of the annual income of the veteran, the veteran’s spouse, and the veteran’s children, it is reasonable that some part of the corpus of such estates be consumed for the veteran’s maintenance.
**(b)** The Secretary shall deny or discontinue the payment of increased pension under subsection (c), (d), (e), or (f) of [section 1521 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1521&num=0&edition=prelim) on account of a child when the corpus of such child’s estate is such that under all the circumstances, including consideration of the veteran’s and spouse’s income, and the income of the veteran’s children, it is reasonable that some part of the corpus of such child’s estate be consumed for the child’s maintenance. During the period such denial or discontinuance remains in effect, such child shall not be considered as the veteran’s child for purposes of this chapter.
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 523
§ 522. Studies of rehabilitation of disabled per-
sons
(a) The Secretary may conduct studies and in-
vestigations, and prepare reports, relative to the
rehabilitation of disabled persons, the relative
abilities, aptitudes, and capacities of the several
groups of the variously handicapped, and how
their potentialities can best be developed and
their services best used in gainful and suitable
employment including the rehabilitation pro-
grams of foreign nations.
(b) In carrying out this section, the Secretary
(1) may cooperate with such public and private
agencies as the Secretary considers advisable;
and (2) may employ consultants who shall re-
ceive a reasonable per diem, as prescribed by the
Secretary, for each day actually employed, plus
necessary travel and other expenses.
(Added Pub. L. 102–83, § 2(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105
Stat. 390.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Prior section 522 was renumbered section 1522 of this
title.
Provisions similar to those in this section were con-
tained in section 217 of this title prior to repeal by Pub.
L. 102–83, § 2(a).
§ 523. Coordination and promotion of other pro-
grams affecting veterans and their depend-
ents
(a) The Secretary shall seek to achieve (1) the
maximum feasible effectiveness, coordination,
and interrelationship of services among all pro-
grams and activities affecting veterans and
their dependents carried out by and under all
other departments, agencies, and instrumental-
ities of the executive branch, and (2) the max-
imum feasible coordination of such programs
with programs carried out under this title. The
Secretary shall actively promote the effective
implementation, enforcement, and application
of all provisions of law and regulations pro-
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