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38 U.S.C. § 1508 — Frequency of payment of pension benefits
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**(a)** Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section, benefits under sections 1521, 1541, and 1542 of this title shall be paid monthly.
**(b)** Under regulations which the Secretary shall prescribe, benefits under sections 1521, 1541, and 1542 of this title may be paid less frequently than monthly if the amount of the annual benefit is less than 4 percent of the maximum annual rate payable to a veteran under [section 1521(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1521/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section, benefits under sections 1521, 1541, and 1542 of this title shall be paid monthly.
**(b)** Under regulations which the Secretary shall prescribe, benefits under sections 1521, 1541, and 1542 of this title may be paid less frequently than monthly if the amount of the annual benefit is less than 4 percent of the maximum annual rate payable to a veteran under [section 1521(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1521/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)**
(1) Except in the case of a veteran who makes an election under subsection (f) of this section and subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this subsection, each veteran shall be paid a subsistence allowance in accordance with this section during a period determined by the Secretary to be a period of such veteran’s participation under this chapter in a rehabilitation program.
(2)
(A) In any case in which the Secretary determines, at the conclusion of such veteran’s pursuit of a vocational rehabilitation program under this chapter, that such veteran has been rehabilitated to the point of employability, such veteran shall be paid a subsistence allowance, as prescribed in this section for full-time training for the type of program that the veteran was pursuing, for two months while satisfactorily following a program of employment services provided under [section 3104(a)(5) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3104/a/5&num=0&edition=prelim).
(B) In any case in which the Secretary determines that a veteran described in subparagraph (A) has been displaced as the result of a natural or other disaster while being paid a subsistence allowance under that subparagraph, as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary may extend the payment of a subsistence allowance under such subparagraph for up to an additional two months while the veteran is satisfactorily following a program of employment services described in such subparagraph.
(3) A subsistence allowance may not be paid under this chapter to a veteran for any period during which such veteran is being provided with an initial evaluation under [section 3106(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3106/
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**(a)** Services and assistance may be provided under this chapter to a person described in subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (B) of [section 3102(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3102/1&num=0&edition=prelim) who is hospitalized pending discharge from active military, naval, air, or space service. In such cases, no subsistence allowance shall be paid.
**(b)** Services and assistance may be provided under this chapter to a veteran who is receiving care in a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital, nursing home, or domiciliary facility or in any other hospital or medical facility.
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For the purposes of this title—
(1) The terms “Secretary” and “Department” mean the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Veterans Affairs, respectively.
(2) The term “veteran” means a person who served in the active military, naval, air, or space service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.
(3) The term “surviving spouse” means (except for purposes of chapter 19 of this title) a person who was the spouse of a veteran at the time of the veteran’s death, and who lived with the veteran continuously from the date of marriage to the date of the veteran’s death (except where there was a separation which was due to the misconduct of, or procured by, the veteran without the fault of the spouse) and who has not remarried.
(4)
(A) The term “child” means (except for purposes of chapter 19 of this title (other than with respect to a child who is an insurable dependent under subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 1965(10) of such chapter) and [section 8502(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section8502/b&num=0&edition=prelim)) a person who is unmarried and—
(i) who is under the age of eighteen years;
(ii) who, before attaining the age of eighteen years, became permanently incapable of self-support; or
(iii) who, after attaining the age of eighteen years and until completion of education or training (but not after attaining the age of twenty-three years), is pursuing a course of instruction at an approved educational institution;
and who is a legitimate child, a legally adopted child, a stepchild who is a member of a veteran’s household or was a member at the time of the veteran’s death, or an illegitimate child but, as to the alleged father, onl
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The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as the Secretary determines necessary for granting leaves of absence to veterans pursuing rehabilitation programs under this chapter. During authorized leaves of absence, a veteran shall be considered to be pursuing such program.
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The purposes of this chapter are to provide for all services and assistance necessary to enable veterans with service-connected disabilities to achieve maximum independence in daily living and, to the maximum extent feasible, to become employable and to obtain and maintain suitable employment.
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In any case in which the Secretary has determined under [section 3106(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3106/e&num=0&edition=prelim) that the achievement of a vocational goal by a veteran currently is not reasonably feasible, such veteran shall be entitled, in accordance with the provisions of [section 3120 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3120&num=0&edition=prelim), to a program of independent living services and assistance designed to enable such veteran to achieve maximum independence in daily living.
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The Secretary shall prescribe such rules and regulations as the Secretary determines necessary to promote satisfactory conduct and cooperation on the part of veterans who are pursuing rehabilitation programs under this chapter. In any case in which the Secretary determines that a veteran has failed to maintain satisfactory conduct or cooperation, the Secretary may, after determining that all reasonable counseling efforts have been made and are not reasonably likely to be effective, discontinue services and assistance unless the Secretary determines that mitigating circumstances exist. In any case in which such services and assistance have been discontinued, the Secretary may reinstitute such services and assistance only if the Secretary determines that—
(1) the cause of the unsatisfactory conduct or cooperation of such veteran has been removed; and
(2) the rehabilitation program which such veteran proposes to pursue (whether the same or revised) is suitable to such veteran’s abilities, aptitudes, and interests.
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
[§ 1510
EFFECTIVE DATE
Pub. L. 86–211, § 10, Aug. 29, 1959, 73 Stat. 436, provided
that: ‘‘This Act [see Tables for classification] shall
take effect on July 1, 1960.’’
§ 1507. Disappearance
Where a veteran receiving pension under sub-
chapter II of this chapter disappears, the Sec-
retary may pay the pension otherwise payable
to such veteran’s spouse and children. In apply-
ing the provisions of this section, the Secretary
may presume, without reports pursuant to sec-
tion 1506(a) of this title, that the status of the
veteran at the time of disappearance, with re-
spect to permanent and total disability, income,
and net worth, continues unchanged. Payments
made to a spouse or child under this section
shall not exceed the amount to which each
would be entitled if the veteran died of a non-
service-connected disability.
(Added Pub. L. 89–467, § 1(a), June 22, 1966, 80
Stat. 218, § 507; amended Pub. L. 94–169, title I,
§ 106(15), Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1017; renumbered
§ 1507 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 4(b)(1),
(2)(E), 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404–406.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Prior section 1507 was renumbered section 3107 of this
title.
Another prior section 1507, Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2,
1958, 72 Stat. 1173; Pub. L. 92–540, title I, § 101(3), Oct. 24,
1972, 86 Stat. 1074; Pub. L. 94–502, title I, § 104(6), Oct. 15,
1976, 90 Stat. 2384, related to loans to trainees com-
mencing or undertaking courses of vocational rehabili-
tation under chapter 31 of this title, prior to repeal, ef-
fective Oct. 1, 1980, by Pub. L. 96–466, title VIII,
§ 802(a)(4), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2218. See section 3112 of
this title.
AMENDMENTS
1991—Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), renumbered section 507 of
this ti
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