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[CITE: 38USC1135]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
   CHAPTER 11--COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH
 
            SUBCHAPTER IV--PEACETIME DISABILITY COMPENSATION
 
Sec. 1135. Additional compensation for dependents

    Any veteran entitled to compensation at the rates provided in 
section 1134 of this title, 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.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1123, Sec. 335; Pub. L. 92-328, 
title I, Sec. 108(b), June 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 396; Pub. L. 98-543, title 
I, Sec. 112(a), Oct. 24, 1984, 98 Stat. 2740; renumbered Sec. 1135 and 
amended Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 335 of this 
title as this section.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``1134'' for ``334'' and 
``1115'' for ``315''.
    1984--Pub. L. 98-543 substituted ``30 percent'' for ``50 per 
centum''.
    1972--Pub. L. 92-328 substituted provisions that the veteran be 
entitled to additional monthly compensation for dependents as provided 
in section 315 of this title, for provisions that the veteran be 
entitled to additional monthly compensation for dependents equal to 80% 
of the additional compensation for dependents provided in section 315 of 
this title, and subject to the limitations thereof, and adjusted upward 
or downward to the nearest dollar.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Section 112(b) of Pub. L. 98-543 provided that: ``The amendment made 
by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect as of 
October 1, 1978.''


                    Effective Date of 1972 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 92-328 effective July 1, 1973, see section 
301(b) of Pub. L. 92-328, set out as a note under section 1134 of this 
title.
