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[CITE: 38USC1141]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
   CHAPTER 11--COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH
 
               SUBCHAPTER V--PEACETIME DEATH COMPENSATION
 
Sec. 1141. Basic entitlement

    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, 
or air service, in line of duty, during other than a period of war, 
shall be entitled to receive compensation as hereinafter provided in 
this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1123, Sec. 341; Pub. L. 92-197, 
Sec. 6, Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 662; Pub. L. 94-433, title IV, 
Sec. 404(18), Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1379; renumbered Sec. 1141, Pub. 
L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 341 of this title as this 
section.
    1976--Pub. L. 94-433 substituted ``spouse'' for ``widow''.
    1971--Pub. L. 92-197 struck out eligibility clause when the veteran 
died after April 30, 1957, under circumstances described in section 
417(a) of this title.


                    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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1142, 5313 of this title.
