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[CITE: 38USC1161]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
   CHAPTER 11--COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH
 
             SUBCHAPTER VI--GENERAL COMPENSATION PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1161. Payment of disability compensation in disability 
        severance cases
        
    The deduction of disability severance pay from disability 
compensation, as required by section 1212(c) of title 10, shall be made 
at a monthly rate not in excess of the rate of compensation to which the 
former member would be entitled based on the degree of such former 
member's disability as determined on the initial Department rating.

(Added Pub. L. 91-241, May 7, 1970, 84 Stat. 203, Sec. 361; amended Pub. 
L. 94-433, title IV, Sec. 404(23), Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1379; Pub. 
L. 98-160, title VII, Sec. 702(4), Nov. 21, 1983, 97 Stat. 1009; 
renumbered Sec. 1161 and amended Pub. L. 102-83, Secs. 4(a)(3), (4), 
5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 361 of this 
title as this section.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(a)(3), (4), substituted ``Department'' for 
``Veterans' Administration''.
    1983--Pub. L. 98-160 struck out ``United States Code,'' after 
``title 10,''.
    1976--Pub. L. 94-433 substituted ``such former member's'' for 
``his''.


                    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.
