Title 38 — Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-73

§1142 Rates of peacetime death compensation

Title 38 › Part PART II— - GENERAL BENEFITS › Chapter CHAPTER 11— - COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - PEACETIME DEATH COMPENSATION › § 1142

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Title 38, §1142

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For the purposes of section 1141 of this title, the monthly rates of death compensation payable shall be those specified in section 1122 of this title.

Legislative History

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Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), renumbered section 342 of this title as this section. Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted “1141” for “341” and “1122” for “322”. 1974—Pub. L. 93–295 substituted “those specified in section 322 of this title” for “equal to 80 per centum of the rates prescribed by section 322 of this title, adjusted upward or downward to the nearest dollar, counting fifty cents and over as a whole dollar”.

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Effective Date

of 1974 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 93–295 effective May 1, 1974, see section 401 of Pub. L. 93–295, set out as a note under section 1114 of this title.

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38 U.S.C. § 1142

Title 38 — Veterans' Benefits

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Apr 6, 2026

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