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[CITE: 38USC1522]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
CHAPTER 15--PENSION FOR NON-SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH OR FOR 
                                 SERVICE
 
                    SUBCHAPTER II--VETERANS' PENSIONS
 
                Non-Service-Connected Disability Pension
 
Sec. 1522. Net worth limitation

    (a) The Secretary shall deny or discontinue the payment of pension 
to a veteran under section 1521 of this title when the corpus of the 
estate of the veteran or, if the veteran has a spouse, the corpus of the 
estates of the veteran and of the veteran's spouse is such that under 
all the circumstances, including consideration of the annual income of 
the veteran, the veteran's spouse, and the veteran's children, it is 
reasonable that some part of the corpus of such estates be consumed for 
the veteran's maintenance.
    (b) The Secretary shall deny or discontinue the payment of increased 
pension under subsection (c), (d), (e), or (f) of section 1521 of this 
title on account of a child when the corpus of such child's estate is 
such that under all the circumstances, including consideration of the 
veteran's and spouse's income, and the income of the veteran's children, 
it is reasonable that some part of the corpus of such child's estate be 
consumed for the child's maintenance. During the period such denial or 
discontinuance remains in effect, such child shall not be considered as 
the veteran's child for purposes of this chapter.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1136, Sec. 522; Pub. L. 86-211, 
Sec. 3(b), Aug. 29, 1959, 73 Stat. 434; Pub. L. 95-588, title I, 
Sec. 107, Nov. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 2502; renumbered Sec. 1522 and amended 
Pub. L. 102-83, Secs. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 
Stat. 404-406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 522 of this 
title as this section.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``1521'' for ``521'' in 
subsecs. (a) and (b).
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator'' in subsecs. (a) and (b).
    1978--Pub. L. 95-588 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), 
inserted provisions relating to consideration of the income and estates 
of the spouse and children of an eligible veteran, and added subsec. 
(b).
    1959--Pub. L. 86-211 substituted provisions requiring the denial or 
discontinuance of payment of pension when the corpus of the veteran's 
estate is such that under all the circumstances, including consideration 
of the veteran's income, it is reasonable that some part of the corpus 
be consumed for the veteran's maintenance for provisions which 
prohibited the payment of a pension to any unmarried veteran whose 
annual income exceeds $1,400 or to any married veteran or any veteran 
with children whose annual income exceeds $2,700.


                    Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-588 effective Jan. 1, 1979, see section 401 
of Pub. L. 95-588, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1959 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 86-211 effective July 1, 1960, see section 10 
of Pub. L. 86-211, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1521 
of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1722 of this title.
