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TITLE 38

Notes on TITLE 38

THIS TITLE WAS ENACTED BY PUB. L. 85-857, SEC. 1, SEPT. 2, 1958, 72 STAT. 1105

Part Sec. I. General Provisions 101 II. General Benefits 1101 III. Readjustment and Related Benefits 3001 IV. General Administrative Provisions 5101 V. Boards, Administrations, and Services 7101 VI. Acquisition and Disposition of Property 8101

AMENDMENTS

1991 - Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(b)(2), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406, substituted ''1101'' for ''301'' in item for part II and ''3001'' for ''1401'' in item for part III.

Pub. L. 102-40, title IV, Sec. 402(c)(2), 403(e)(2), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 239, 240, substituted ''5101'' for ''3001'' in item for part IV, ''Boards, Administrations, and Services . . . 7101'' for ''Boards and Departments . . . 4001'' in item for part V, and ''8101'' for ''5001'' in item for part VI. 1986 - Pub. L. 99-576, title VII, Sec. 702(18), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3302, substituted ''1401'' for ''1501'' in item for par

III.

Table I (Showing Disposition of All Sections of Former Title 38 by 1958 Revision)
Title 38 Former SectionsTitle 38 New Sections
1-3Rep.
4(See former 11e)
5 to 11a-3Rep.
11b to 11c-1Rep.
11d, 11d-1Rep.
11e to 11lRep.
12, 12aRep.
13-13gRep.
14-14eRep.
15-15nRep.
16-16jRep.
17-17jRep.
21Rep.
23-26cRep.
27-32aRep.
33-39aRep.
41-49aRep.
50-61Rep.
71-72aRep.
73-77Rep.
91-97Rep.
101-104Rep.
111-116Rep.
121-125Rep.
126T. 18 Sec. 289
127-129Rep.
130T. 18 Sec. 290
131-134Rep.
151-155aRep.
156-168bRep.
169-179Rep.
191-206Rep.
221-230Rep.
231(See former 179)
232Rep.
238-238eRep.
241-252eRep.
253, 254Rep.
261, 262Rep.
264-277Rep.
281-285Rep.
286(See former 325a)
287-291bRep.
291c(See former 326b)
291d-294Rep.
311, 311aRep.
312-314Rep.
321-321cRep.
322-324aRep.
325, 325aRep.
326-326cRep.
327-332Rep.
341(See former 33)
341a(See former 274)
341b(See former 275)
341c(See former 291b)
341d(See former 321c)
341e(See former 326c)
341fRep.
351, 351aRep.
352-357bRep.
358 to 364q-1Rep.
364h, 364jRep.
365 to 365b-1Rep.
365c-365hRep.
366-370lRep.
371-374aRep.
375-379Rep.
381 to 381-2Rep.
381a-381fRep.
391-394Rep.
421-423Rep.
424753
424a-438mRep.
439-441Rep.
442756
443755
444Rep.
445784(a)-(h)
445aRep.
445b784(i)
445cRep.
445d784(b), (h)
446Rep.
447754
448-452Rep.
4533102
454, 454aRep.
455-459fRep.
460Rep.
461Elim.
462(See former 557)
471 to 471a-5Rep.
472 to 472b-1Rep.
472c-472eRep.
473, 473aRep.
474-483aRep.
484-488aRep.
489 to 501a-1Rep.
501b-505aRep.
506-507bRep.
508Rep.
509, 509aRep.
510Rep.
511741, 743, 757(a), 782
511aRep.
512742, 743, 744(a), (b), 745, 749- 752
512aRep.
512b748
512b-1744(c)
512c758
512d757(c)
513757(b)
514Rep.
515759(a)
516-516bRep.
517760
518747
531-539Rep.
551-555aRep.
556, 556aRep.
557Rep.
571-576Rep.
581-582cRep.
583Rep.
591, 592Rep.
601-603Rep.
611-613aRep.
614-618eRep.
619-623Rep.
631, 632Rep.
641-647aRep.
648-650Rep.
661-670Rep.
681-683Rep.
686-686cRep.
687-687cRep.
688-688bRep.
691-691gRep.
693-693gRep.
693hT10 Sec. 1553
693iT10 Sec. 1554
694(a)1801(a), 1802(a), (b), 1803(a)(1), (b)
694(b)1803(b)-(d)
694(c)1802(c)
694(d)1802(d), (f)
694(e)1802(d)
694(f)1802(e)
694(g)1803(a)(2)
694a1810
694b1812
694c1813
694c-11822
694d212(a), 1804(a)-(c)
694eT. 7 Sec. 1001(b)(2)
694fRep.
694g1816, 1817
694h1814
694i1815
694j1820(a)-(c)
694k1821
694l1810(a), (b), 1811(a)-(j)
694m1811(k), 1823
694n1804(d)
694o, 694pRep.
6952010
695a2011
695b2012
695c2013
695dRep.
695e2014
695fRep.
696 to 696f-1Rep.
696g-696mRep.
697(a)Rep.
697(b)616
697a, 697bRep.
697c101(2)
697d, 697eRep.
697f109(b)
697g1510, 1824
700, 701Rep.
701a1502(a), (c)(2), (3), (d)
702-703cRep.
704, 704aRep.
705-706cRep.
707-715aRep.
716-729bRep.
730-750Rep.
Vet. Reg. No. 1(a), Pts. I-VI, VIII, IXRep.
Pt. VII217, 351, 1501-1508, 3013, 3107(c)
Vet. Reg. Nos. 2-12Rep.
801(a)Rep.
801(b)101
801(c)Rep.
801(d)-(f)701
802(a)703
802(b), (c)(1)Rep.
802(c)(2)719(b)
802(d)Rep.
802(e)702
802(f)704-707
802(g)701(3), 716(b), 717(a)
802(h)716(a), (b)
802(i)716(d)
802(j), (k)716(e)
802(l)716(f)
802(m)(1)708
802(m)(2)Rep.
802(n)712
802(o)Rep.
802(p)709
802(q)703
802(r)713
802(s)Rep.
802(t)717(b), (c)
802(u)717(d)
802(v)(1)715, 719(b)
802(v)(2)721(d)
802(w)710
802(x)783
802(y)Rep.
802(z)714
803703, 741
804719(a)
805720
805a786
806782
807721(a)-(c)
808210-212, 785
8093102
810108
811Rep.
812711
813787(b)
8143502(b)
815787(a)
816718
817784(a)-(h)
818-820Rep.
821722(a)
822723(a), (c)
823724
824781
851-858Rep.
9011601(c)
9111601(a)
9161610
9171612
9181613
9191611
9261620
9271621
9281622
9291623(a), (b)
9301624
9311623(c)
9321625
9331626
9411631
9421632
9431633
9441634
9511641
9521642
9531643
9541644
9551645
9611651
9621652
9631653
9641654
9651655
9661656
971(a)1661(a)
971(b)213
971(c)111, 1661(b)
9721662(a)
9731663
9741664
9751665
975aRep.
9761666
9771667
9781668
979-981Rep.
9821669
983, 984Rep.
9912001
9922002
9932003
9942004
9952005
9962006
9972007
9982008
9992009
10112101
10122102
10132104
10142103
10152105
1016Rep.
10311701(d)
10321701(a)-(c)
1033(a)1761(a)
1033(b)213
1033(c)111, 1761(b)
1033(d)1662(b)
1033(e)1761(c)
1033(f)1761(d)
10341762
10351763
10361764
10371765
10381766
10391767
10401768
1041-1045Rep.
10511710
10521711
10531712
10541713
10551714
10611720
10621721
10631722
10641723
10651724
10661725
10671726
10681731
10691732
10701733
10711734
10721735
10731736
10741737
10811740
10821741
10831742
10841743
1101(1)101(1)
1101(2)(A)-(C)Rep.
1101(2)(D)403
1101(2)(E)Rep.
1101(3)101(27)
1101(4)101(21)
1101(5)101(22)
1101(6)(A)101(23)
1101(6)(B)106(d)
1101(6)(C)101(22), (23)
1101(7)101(4), (5)
1101(8)101(3), 404
1101(9)101(25)
1101(10)(A)401(1)
1101(10)(B)403
1101(11)(A)402(a)
1101(11)(B)402(b)
1101(11)(C)402(c)(2)
1101(11)(D)421(b)
1101(11)(E)402(c)(1)
1101(11)(F)421(a)
1101(12)106(c)
11023005
1103(a)412
1103(b)-(d)422
1111410(a)
1112411
1113413
1114414
1115415
1116416
1117410(a)
1118417(b)
1119(a), (b)Rep.
1119(c)410(b)
1119(d)3104(b)(2)
1119(e)101(3)
1120Rep.
1131, 1132Rep.
1133(a)Rep.
1133(b)423
1133(c)-(e)Rep.
1134Rep.
2101(1)-(9)101(1)-(9)
2101(10)501(1)
2101(11)Rep.
2101(12)-(18)101(11)-(17)
2102102(a)
2103103(a), (b)
2104104
2105105
2106101(18)
2107102(b)
2121111
2122108
21233303
2124(a)101(21)(D)
2124(b)106(a)
2125107
21263109
2127109(a)
2128110
2141-2150Rep.
2201201
2202202
2210210
2211211, 785
2212212
2213214
2214215
2215216
22163304
2230230
2231231
2232232
2233233
2234234
2235Rep.
2301301
2302302
2310310
2311106(b)
2312311
2313312
2314313
2315314
2316315
2321321
2322322
2331331
2332106(b)
2333332
2334333
2335334
2336335
2337336
2341341
2342342
2343343
2351351
2352352
2353353
2354354
2355355
2356356
2357357
2358358
2401501
2402502
2403503
2404504
2405505
2410510
2411511
2412512
2421521
2422522
2423523
2431531
2432(a)-(d)532
2432(e)501(3)
2433533
2434534
2435535
2436536
2437537
2441541
2442542
2443543
2444544
2445545
2460560
2461561
2462562
2501601
2502602
2510610
2511611
2512612
2513613
2514614
2515615
2521621
2522622
2523623
2524624
2525625
2526626
2527627
2531631
2532632
2533633
2534634
2601801
2602802
2603803
2604804
2605805
27011901
27021902
27031903
2704(a)1904
2704(b)Rep.
27051905
2801901
2802902
2803903
2804904
2805905
29013001
29023002
29033003
29043004
29103010
29113011
29123012
29203020
29213021
29223022
3001753, 3101
30023102
30033103
30043104
30053105
30063106
30073107(a), (b)
30083108
31013501
31023502
31033503
31043504
32013301
32023302
32113311
32123312
32133313
33014001
33024002
33034003
33044004
33054005
33064006
33074007
33084008
34014101
34024102
34034103
34044104
34054105
34064106
34074107
34084108
34094109
34104110
34114111
34124112
3413(a)4113
3413(b), (c)Rep.
34144114
34154115
35013201
35023202
35033203
35043204
36013401
36023402
36033403
36043404
36053405
37015001
37025002
37035003
37045004
37055005
37115011
37125012
37135013
37145006
37155014
3716213
38015101
38025102
38035103
38045104
38055105
39015201
39025202
39035203
39045204
39055205
39065206
39075207
39085208
39095209
39105210
39205220
39215221
39225222
39235223
39245224
39255225
39265226
39275227
39285228
40014201
40024202
40034203
40044204
40054205
40064206
40074207
40084208

Table II (Showing Disposition of Former Sections of Title 38 by 1991 Renumbering)
Title 38 Former SectionsTitle 38 Renumbered Sections
201Rep. See 301(b)
202Rep. See 302
203Rep. See 313
210(a)Rep.
210(b)(1)Rep. See 303
210(b)(1), (2)Rep. See 510
210(b)(3)Rep. See 711
210(c)(1)Rep. See 501(a), (b)
210(c)(2), (3)Rep. See 503
210(d)Rep. See 304
211(a)Rep. See 511
211(b)Rep. See 505
212Rep. See 512
213Rep. See 513
214Rep. See 529
215Rep. See 525
216Rep. See 521
217Rep. See 522
218(a)Rep. See 901
218(b)Rep. See 902
218(c)Rep. See 903
218(d)Rep. See 904
218(e)Rep. See 905
219Rep. See 527
220Rep. See 523
221Rep. See 541
222Rep. See 542
223(a), (b)Rep. See 501(c), (d)
223(c)Rep. See 502
224Rep. See 515(a)
230(a), (b)Rep. See 314, 315
230(c)Rep. See 316
231Rep. See 701
232Rep.
233Rep. See 703
234Rep. See 705
235Rep. See 707
236Rep. See 515(b)
240Rep. See 7721
241Rep. See 7722
242Rep. See 7723
243Rep. See 7724
244Rep. See 7725
245Rep. See 7726
246Rep.
3011101
3021102
3101110
3111111
3121112
3131113
3141114
3151115
3161116
3211121
3221122
3311131
3321132
3331133
3341134
3351135
336Rep.
3371137
3411141
3421142
343Rep.
3511151
3521152
3531153
3541154
3551155
356Rep.
3571157
3581158
3591159
3601160
3611161
3621162
3631163
4011301
4021302
403Rep.
4041304
4101310
4111311
4121312
4131313
4141314
4151315
4161316
4171317
4181318
4211321
4221322
4231323
5011501
5021502
5031503
5041504
5051505
5061506
5071507
5081508
510Rep.
5111511
5121512
5211521
5221522
5231523
5241524
5251525
531Rep.
5321532
5331533
5341534
5351535
5361536
5371537
5411541
5421542
5431543
544Rep.
5601560
5611561
5621562
6011701
6021702
6031703
6101710
6111711
6121712
612A1712A
612B1712B
6131713
6141714
6151715
6161716
6171717
6181718
6191719
6201720
620A1720A
620B1720B
620C1720C
6211721
6221722
622A1722A
6231723
6241724
625Rep.
6261726
6271727
6281728
6291729
6301730
6311731
6321732
6331733
6341734
6351735
6411741
6421742
6431743
644Rep.
6511751
6521752
6531753
6541754
6611761
6621762
6631763
6641764
7011901
7021902
7031903
7041904
7051905
7061906
7071907
7081908
7091909
7101910
7111911
7121912
7131913
7141914
7151915
7161916
7171917
7181918
7191919
7201920
7211921
7221922
7231923
7241924
7251925
7261926
7271927
7281928
7291929
7401940
7411941
7421942
7431943
7441944
7451945
7461946
7471947
7481948
7491949
7501950
7511951
7521952
7531953
7541954
7551955
7561956
7571957
7581958
7591959
7601960
7611961
7621962
7631963
7651965
7661966
7671967
7681968
7691969
7701970
7711971
7721972
7731973
7741974
7751975
7761976
7771977
7781978
7791979
7811981
7821982
7831983
7841984
7851985
7861986
7871987
7881988
8012101
8022102
8032103
8042104
8052105
8062106
9012301
9022302
9032303
9042304
9052305
9062306
9072307
9082308
10002400
10012401
10022402
10032403
10042404
10052405
10062406
10072407
10082408
10092409
10102410
14013001
14023002
14113011
14123012
14133013
14143014
14153015
14163016
14173017
14183018
1418A3018A
14193019
14213021
14223022
14233023
14313031
14323032
14333033
14343034
14353035
14363036
15003100
15013101
15023102
15033103
15043104
15053105
15063106
15073107
15083108
15093109
15103110
15113111
15123112
15133113
15143114
15153115
15163116
15173117
15183118
15193119
15203120
15213121
16013201
16023202
16213221
16223222
16233223
16243224
16253225
16313231
16323232
16333233
16343234
16413241
1642Rep.
16433243
16513451
16523452
16613461
16623462
1663Rep.
16703470
16713471
1672Rep.
16733473
16743474
1675Rep.
16763476
1677, 1678Rep.
16813481
16823482
1682ARep.
16833483
16843484
16853485
1686, 1687Rep.
16903490
16913491
16923492
16933493
1695-1698Rep.
17003500
17013501
17103510
17113511
17123512
17133513
17143514
17203520
17213521
1722Rep.
17233523
17243524
1725, 1726Rep.
17313531
17323532
17333533
17343534
17353535
17363536
17373537
1738Rep.
17403540
17413541
17423542
17433543
17613561
17623562
17633563
1764Rep.
17653565
17663566
17703670
17713671
17723672
17733673
17743674
1774A3674A
17753675
17763676
17773677
17783678
17793679
17803680
17813681
17823682
17833683
17843684
1784A3684A
17853685
17863686
17873687
17883688
17893689
17903690
17913691
17923692
17933693
17943694
17953695
17963696
17973697
1797A3697A
17983698
17993699
18013701
18023702
18033703
18043704
18053705
18063706
1807Rep.
18103710
18113711
18123712
18133713
18143714
1815-1817AElim.
1818Rep.
1819Elim.
18203720
18213721
1822Rep.
18233723
18243724
18253725
18263726
18273727
18283728
18293729
18303730
18313731
18323732
18333733
18343734
18353735
18413741
18423742
18433743
18443744
18453745
18463746
18473747
18483748
18493749
18503750
18513751
19013901
19023902
19033903
19043904
20004100
20014101
20024102
2002A4102A
20034103
2003A4103A
20044104
2004A4104A
20054105
20064106
20074107
20084108
20094109
20104110
2010A4110A
20114211
20124212
20134213
20144214
20214301
20224302
20234303
20244304
20254305
20264306
20274307
30015101
30025102
30035103
30045104
30055105
30065106
30075107
30085108
30095109
30105110
30115111
30125112
30135113
30205120
30215121
30225122
30235123
31015301
31025302
31035303
3103A5303A
31045304
31055305
31065306
31075307
31085308
31095309
31105310
31115311
31125312
31135313
31145314
31155315
31165316
31175317
31185318
32015501
32025502
32035503
32045504
32055505
33015701
33025702
33035703
33045704
33055705
33115711
33125712
33135713
34015901
34025902
34035903
34045904
34055905
35016101
35026102
35036103
35046104
35056105
40017101
40027102
40037103
40047104
40057105
4005A7105A
40067106
40077107
40087108
40097109
40107110
40517251
40527252
40537253
40547254
40557255
40567256
40617261
40627262
40637263
40647264
40657265
40667266
40677267
40687268
40697269
40817281
40827282
40837283
40847284
40857285
40917291
40927292
40967296
40977297
40987298
4101(a)Rep. See 7301
4101(b)Rep. See 7302
4101(c)(1), (2), (4)Rep. See 7303
4101(c)(3)Rep. See 7317
4101(e)Rep. See 7425(a)
4101(f)(1), (3), (4)Rep. See 7314
4101(f)(2)Rep. See 7315
4102Rep. See 7305
4103Rep. See 7306
4104Rep. See 7401
4105Rep. See 7402(a)-(d)
4106Rep. See 7403
4107(a)-(d)Rep. See 7404
4107(e)Rep. See 7453
4107(f)Rep. See 7454
4107(g)Rep. See 7455
4107(h)Rep. See 7456
4107(i)Rep. See 7426(c)
4107(j)Rep. See 7457
4108(a) (partial)Rep. See 7421
4108(a)Rep. See 7423(a)-(c)
4108(b)Rep. See 7402(e)
4108(c)Rep. See 7423(d)
4108(d)Rep. See 7424(b)
4109Rep. See 7426(a)
4110Rep. See 7464
4111Rep. See 7408
4112(a)Rep. See 7312
4112(b), (c)Rep. See 7313
4113Rep. See 7424(a)
4114(a)Rep. See 7405
4114(b)Rep. See 7406
4114(c)-(g)Rep. See 7407
4115Rep. See 7304
4116Rep. See 7316
4117Rep. See 7409
4118Rep. See 7431-7440
4119Rep. See 7425(b)
4120Rep. See 7458
4121Rep. See 7471
4122Rep. See 7472
4123Rep. See 7473
4124Rep. See 7474
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41337333
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41427452
4143-4146Rep.
4151Rep. See 7311(a)-(e)
4152Rep. See 7311(f), (g)
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43517651
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50018101
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ENACTING CLAUSE

Pub. L. 85-857, Sec. 1, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1105, provided in part: ''That the laws relating to veterans' benefits are revised, codified, and enacted as title 38, United States Code, 'Veterans' Benefits' ''

EFFECTIVE DATE

Pub. L. 85-857, Sec. 2, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1262, provided that: ''Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act shall take effect on January 1, 1959.'

OFFENSES COMMITTED UNDER REPEALED LAWS

Pub. L. 85-857, Sec. 3, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1262, provided that: ''(a) All offenses committed and all penalties and forfeitures incurred under any of the provisions of law amended or repealed by this Act or the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1957 may be prosecuted and punished in the same manner and with the same effect as if such Acts had not been enacted. ''(b) Forfeitures of benefits under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration occurring before January 1959 shall continue to be effective.'

CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY UNDER ACT OF JULY 3, 1930

Pub. L. 85-857, Sec. 4, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1262, provided that: ''All functions, powers, and duties conferred upon and vested in the President and the Administrator by the Act of July 3, 1930 (46 Stat. 1016) and which were in effect on December 31, 1957, are continued in effect.'

CROSS REFERENCES

Pub. L. 85-857, Sec. 5, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1262, provided that: ''(a) References in other laws to any provision of law replaced by title 38, United States Code, shall, where applicable, be deemed to refer also to the corresponding provision of title 38, United States Code. ''(b) References in title 38, United States Code, to any provision of title 38, United States Code, shall, where applicable, be deemed to refer also to the prior corresponding provisions of law. ''(c) Amendments effective after August 18, 1958, made to any provision of law replaced by title 38, United States Code, shall, notwithstanding the repeal of such provision by section 14 of this Act, supersede the corresponding provisions of title 38, United States Code, to the extent that such amendments are inconsistent therewith.'

CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS

Pub. L. 85-857, Sec. 6, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1263, provided that: ''(a) Amounts heretofore appropriated to carry out the purposes of any provision of law repealed by this Act, and available on December 31, 1958, shall be available to carry out the purposes of the corresponding provisions of title 38, United States Code. ''(b) The availability and use of appropriations made for the purposes of the Act of July 1, 1948 (62 Stat. 1210; 50 App. U.S.C. 1991-1996) shall not be affected by the repeal of such Act.'

OUTSTANDING RULES, REGULATIONS, AND ORDERS

Pub. L. 85-857, Sec. 7, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1263, provided that: ''All rules, regulations, orders, permits, and other privileges issued or granted by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs before December 31, 1958, and in effect on such date (or scheduled to take effect after such date) shall remain in full force and effect until modified, suspended, overruled, or otherwise changed by the Administrator.'

PUBLICATION

Pub. L. 85-857, Sec. 8, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1263, provided that: ''This Act shall be printed in slip-law form with a table of contents and a comprehensive index and tables furnished by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives; however, such table of contents, comprehensive index and tables shall not be printed in the United States Statutes at Large.'

PENDING CLAIMS

Pub. L. 85-857, Sec. 9, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1263, provided that: ''A claim for benefits which is pending in the Veterans' Administration on January 1, 1959, or filed thereafter, shall be adjudicated under the laws in effect on December 31, 1958, with respect to the period before January 1, 1959, and, except as provided in section 10, under title 38, United States Code, thereafter.'

PERSONS RECEIVING BENEFITS ON DECEMBER 31, 1958

Pub. L. 85-857, Sec. 10, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1263, provided that: ''Any individual receiving benefits as a veteran, or as the widow, child, or parent of a veteran, under public laws administered by the Veterans' Administration on December 31, 1958, shall, as long as entitlement under such laws continues, receive benefits under the corresponding provisions of title 38, United States Code, thereafter, or benefits at the rate payable under such public laws, whichever will result in the greater benefit being paid to the individual. The provisions of this section shall apply to those claims within the purview of section 9 in which it is determined that benefits are payable for December 31, 1958.'

PERSONS ENTITLED TO EMERGENCY OFFICERS' RETIREMENT PAY ON DECEMBER 31, 1958, OR WHO FAILED TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS PRIOR TO MAY 25,

1929

Pub. L. 85-857, Sec. 11, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1263, as amended by Pub. L. 87-875, Oct. 24, 1962, 76 Stat. 1198, provided that: ''(a) Any person who was receiving, or entitled to receive, emergency officers' retirement pay, or other privileges or benefits as a retired emergency officer of World War I, on December 31, 1958, under the laws in effect on that day, shall, except where there was fraud, clear and unmistakable error as to conclusion of fact or law, or misrepresentation of material facts, continue, to receive, or be entitle to receive, emergency officers' retirement pay at the rate otherwise payable on December 31, 1958, and such other privileges and benefits, so long as the conditions warranting such pay, privileges, and benefits under those laws continue. ''(b) Any individual who, upon application therefor before May 25, 1929, would have been granted emergency officer's retirement pay based upon 30 per centum or more disability under the Act of May 24, 1928 (45 Stat. 735), and who would have been entitled to continue to receive such pay under section 10 of Public Numbered 2, Seventy-third Congress, or under section 1 of Public Numbered 743, Seventy-sixth Congress, and who upon being placed on the emergency officers' retired list would have been paid retired pay at a monthly rate lower than the monthly rate of disability compensation then payable, shall, upon application made therefor after the date of enactment of this subparagraph (Oct. 24, 1962) to the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, be placed upon the appropriate emergency officers' retired list, and thereafter shall be entitled to all rights, privileges, and benefits of retired emergency officers of World War I.'

CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

Pub. L. 85-857, Sec. 12, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1264, as amended by Pub. L. 89-50, Sec. 1(c), June 24, 1965, 79 Stat. 173; Pub. L. 91-24, Sec. 14(a), June 11, 1969, 83 Stat. 35, provided that: ''(a) (Repealed by Pub. L. 91-24, effective June 11, 1969, except as to any indebtedness which may be due the Government as the result of any benefits granted thereunder. Prior to such repeal, subsec. (a) read as follows: ''The repeal of part VIII, and paragraphs 10 and 11 of part VII, of Veterans Regulation Numbered 1(a), sections 3 and 4 of Public Law 16, Seventy-eighth Congress, and section 1507 of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, shall not apply in the case of any veteran

(1)

who enlisted or reenlisted in a regular component of the Armed Forces after October 6, 1945, and before October 7, 1946, or

(2)

whose discharge or dismissal is changed, corrected, or modified before February 1, 1965, pursuant to section 1552 or 1553 of title 10, United States Code, or by other corrective action by competent authority.'') ''(b) Nothing in this Act or any amendment or repeal made by it, shall affect any right, liability, penalty, authorization or requirement pertaining to World War adjusted compensation authorized or prescribed under the provisions of the World War Adjusted Compensation Act, or the Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936, or any related Act, which was in effect on December 31, 1958. ''(c) (Repealed by Pub. 89-50, effective July 1, 1966. Prior to such repeal, subsec. (c) read as follows: ''Nothing in this Act, or any amendment or repeal made by it, shall deprive any person of benefits under the Mustering-Out Payment Act of 1944 to which he would have been entitled if this Act had not been enacted.'') ''(d) Nothing in this Act, or any amendment or repeal made by it, shall affect any right of any person based on a contract entered into before the effective date of this Act, or affect the manner in which such right could have been enforced or obtained but for this Act, or such amendment or repeal. ''(e) Chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code, is a continuation and restatement of the provisions of title III of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, and may be considered to be an amendment to such title III.'

IMPROVEMENT OF UNITED STATES CODE BY PUB. L. 102-83; CORRESPONDING PROVISIONS; SAVINGS PROVISION

Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 7, Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 410, provided that: ''(a) References to Replaced Laws. - A reference to a provision of title 38, United States Code, replaced by a provision of that title enacted by section 2 (enacting chapters 3, 5, 7, 9, and 77 of this title, amending sections 618, 621, 654, 1521, 1685, 1833, 2003A, 2014, 5701, 7101, and 7455 of this title, and repealing former chapter 3 of this title) (including a reference in a regulation, order, or other law) shall be treated as referring to the corresponding provision enacted by this Act. ''(b) Savings Provision for Regulations. - A regulation, rule, or order in effect under a provision of title 38, United States Code, replaced by a provision of that title enacted by section 2 shall continue in effect under the corresponding provision enacted by this Act until repealed, amended, or superseded. ''(c) General Savings Provision. - An action taken or an offense committed under a provision of title 38, United States Code, replaced by a provision of that title enacted by section 2 shall be treated as having been taken or committed under the corresponding provision enacted by this Act.'

TITLE REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This title is referred to in title 5 sections 7511, 8347, 8905a; title 7 section 2012; title 10 sections 1408, 1450, 1451, 12319; title 26 section 6103; title 29 section 2913; title 42 sections 290dd-1, 290dd-2, 410, 424a, 659, 10008; title 50 section 2031. PART I - GENERAL PROVISIONS Chap. Sec. 1. General 101 3. Department of Veterans Affairs 301 5. Authority and Duties of the Secretary 501 7. Employees 701 9. Security and Law Enforcement on Property Under the Jurisdiction of the Department 901 PART II - GENERAL BENEFITS 11. Compensation for Service-Connected Disability or Death 1101 13. Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Deaths 1301 15. Pension for Non-Service-Connected Disability or Death or for Service 1501 17. Hospital, Nursing Home, Domiciliary, and Medical Care 1701 18. Benefits for Children of Vietnam Veterans 1802 19. Insurance 1901 21. Specially Adapted Housing for Disabled Veterans 2101 23. Burial Benefits 2301 24. National Cemeteries and Memorials 2400 PART III - READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS 30. All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program 3001 31. Training and Rehabilitation for Veterans with Service-Connected Disabilities 3100 32. Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance 3201 34. Veterans' Educational Assistance 3451 35. Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance 3500 36. Administration of Educational Benefits 3670 37. Housing and Small Business Loans 3701 39. Automobiles and Adaptive Equipment for Certain Disabled Veterans and Members of the Armed Forces 3901 41. Job Counseling, Training, and Placement Service for Veterans 4100 42. Employment and Training of Veterans 4211 43. Employment and Reemployment Rights of Members of the Uniformed Services 4301 PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 51. Claims, Effective Dates, and Payments 5101 53. Special Provisions Relating to Benefits 5301 55. Minors, Incompetents, and Other Wards 5501 57. Records and Investigations 5701 59. Agents and Attorneys 5901 61. Penal and Forfeiture Provisions 6101 PART V - BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES 71. Board of Veterans' Appeals 7101 72. United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims 7251 73. Veterans Health Administration - Organization and Functions 7301 74. Veterans Health Administration - Personnel 7401 76. Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program 7601 77. Veterans Benefits Administration 7701 78. Veterans' Canteen Service 780

PART VI - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY 81. Acquisition and Operation of Hospital and Domiciliary Facilities; Procurement and Supply; Enhanced-Use Leases of Real Property [1] 8101



[1] So in original. Does not conform to chapter

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