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[Document affected by Public Law 106-419 Section 113(a)]
[Document affected by Public Law 106-419 Section 113(b)]
[CITE: 38USC5113]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
               PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
            CHAPTER 51--CLAIMS, EFFECTIVE DATES, AND PAYMENTS
 
                     SUBCHAPTER II--EFFECTIVE DATES
 
Sec. 5113. Effective dates of educational benefits

    (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, effective 
dates relating to awards under chapters 30, 31, 32, 34, and 35 of this 
title or chapter 106 of title 10 shall, to the extent feasible, 
correspond to effective dates relating to awards of disability 
compensation.
    (b) The effective date of an adjustment of benefits under any 
chapter referred to in subsection (a) of this section, if made on the 
basis of a certification made by the veteran or person and accepted by 
the Secretary under section 3680(g) of this title, shall be the date of 
the change.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1227, Sec. 3013; Pub. L. 89-
358, Sec. 4(p), Mar. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 25; Pub. L. 99-576, title III, 
Sec. 321(10), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3278; Pub. L. 100-322, title III, 
Sec. 323, May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 536; Pub. L. 101-237, title IV, 
Sec. 419, Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2087; Pub. L. 102-16, Sec. 10(a)(9), 
Mar. 22, 1991, 105 Stat. 56; renumbered Sec. 5113, Pub. L. 102-40, title 
IV, Sec. 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102-83, 
Sec. 5(c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 3013 of this title as this 
section.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-16 inserted ``or chapter 106 of title 10'' 
after ``of this title''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-83 substituted ``3680(g)'' for ``1780(g)''.
    1989--Pub. L. 101-237 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), 
substituted ``Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, 
effective'' for ``Effective'', and added subsec. (b).
    1988--Pub. L. 100-322 inserted reference to chapter 32.
    1986--Pub. L. 99-576 inserted reference to chapter 30.
    1966--Pub. L. 89-358 substituted ``34'' for ``33''.
