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[CITE: 38USC1805]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
CHAPTER 18--BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS WHO ARE BORN WITH 
                              SPINA BIFIDA
 
Sec. 1805. Monetary allowance

    (a) The Secretary shall pay a monthly allowance under this chapter 
to any child of a Vietnam veteran for any disability resulting from 
spina bifida suffered by such child.
    (b)(1) The amount of the allowance paid to a child under this 
section shall be based on the degree of disability suffered by the 
child, as determined in accordance with such schedule for rating 
disabilities resulting from spina bifida as the Secretary may prescribe.
    (2) The Secretary shall, in prescribing the rating schedule for the 
purposes of this section, establish three levels of disability upon 
which the amount of the allowance provided by this section shall be 
based.
    (3) The amounts of the allowance shall be $200 per month for the 
lowest level of disability prescribed, $700 per month for the 
intermediate level of disability prescribed, and $1,200 per month for 
the highest level of disability prescribed. Such amounts are subject to 
adjustment under section 5312 of this title.
    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, receipt by a child 
of an allowance under this section shall not impair, infringe, or 
otherwise affect the right of the child to receive any other benefit to 
which the child may otherwise be entitled under any law administered by 
the Secretary, nor shall receipt of such an allowance impair, infringe, 
or otherwise affect the right of any individual to receive any benefit 
to which the individual is entitled under any law administered by the 
Secretary that is based on the child's relationship to the individual.
    (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the allowance paid 
to a child under this section shall not be considered income or 
resources in determining eligibility for or the amount of benefits under 
any Federal or federally assisted program.

(Added Pub. L. 104-204, title IV, Sec. 421(b)(1), Sept. 26, 1996, 110 
Stat. 2925.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1805 was renumbered section 3705 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5312 of this title.
