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[CITE: 38USC1504]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
CHAPTER 15--PENSION FOR NON-SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH OR FOR 
                                 SERVICE
 
                          SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL
 
Sec. 1504. Persons heretofore having a pensionable status

    The pension benefits of subchapters II and III of this chapter 
shall, notwithstanding the service requirements of such subchapters, be 
granted to persons heretofore recognized by law as having a pensionable 
status.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1134, Sec. 504; renumbered 
Sec. 1504, Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Prior section 1504 was renumbered section 3104 of this title.
    Another prior section 1504, Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 
1172; Pub. L. 89-137, Sec. 1(a), Aug. 26, 1965, 79 Stat. 576; Pub. L. 
90-431, July 26, 1968, 82 Stat. 447; Pub. L. 91-219, title I, Sec. 101, 
Mar. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 76; Pub. L. 92-540, title I, Sec. 101(2), Oct. 
24, 1972, 86 Stat. 1074; Pub. L. 93-508, title I, Sec. 101(3), Dec. 3, 
1974, 88 Stat. 1579; Pub. L. 93-602, title II, Sec. 202, Jan. 2, 1975, 
88 Stat. 1958; Pub. L. 94-502, title I, Secs. 101, 104(4), Oct. 15, 
1976, 90 Stat. 2383, 2384; Pub. L. 95-202, title I, Sec. 101, Nov. 23, 
1977, 91 Stat. 1433, related to subsistence allowances to be paid 
veterans while pursuing a course of vocational rehabilitation training 
under chapter 31 of this title, prior to repeal, effective Oct. 1, 1980, 
by Pub. L. 96-466, title VIII, Sec. 802(a)(4), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 
2218. See section 3108 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 504 of this title as this 
section.
