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[CITE: 38USC1507]

 
                      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. 1507. Disappearance

    Where a veteran receiving pension under subchapter II of this 
chapter disappears, the Secretary may pay the pension otherwise payable 
to such veteran's spouse and children. In applying the provisions of 
this section, the Secretary may presume, without reports pursuant to 
section 1506(a) of this title, that the status of the veteran at the 
time of disappearance, with respect to permanent and total disability, 
income, and net worth, continues unchanged. Payments made to a spouse or 
child under this section shall not exceed the amount to which each would 
be entitled if the veteran died of a non-service-connected disability.

(Added Pub. L. 89-467, Sec. 1(a), June 22, 1966, 80 Stat. 218, Sec. 507; 
amended Pub. L. 94-169, title I, Sec. 106(15), Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 
1017; renumbered Sec. 1507 and amended Pub. L. 102-83, Secs. 4(b)(1), 
(2)(E), 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404-406.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Prior section 1507 was renumbered section 3107 of this title.
    Another prior section 1507, Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 
1173; Pub. L. 92-540, title I, Sec. 101(3), Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 
1074; Pub. L. 94-502, title I, Sec. 104(6), Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 
2384, related to loans to trainees commencing or undertaking courses of 
vocational rehabilitation 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 3112 of this 
title.


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 507 of this 
title as this section.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``1506(a)'' for 
``506(a)''.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator'' in two places.
    1975--Pub. L. 94-169 struck out ``in his discretion'' after 
``Administrator'' and substituted ``payable to such veteran's spouse'' 
for ``payable to his wife,'' and ``made to a spouse'' for ``made to a 
wife''.


                    Effective Date of 1975 Amendment

    Section 106 of Pub. L. 94-169 provided that the amendment made by 
that section is effective Jan. 1, 1976.
