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Title 38 — Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-73

§1922A Legacy supplemental service disabled veterans’ insurance for totally disabled veterans

Title 38 › Part PART II— - GENERAL BENEFITS › Chapter CHAPTER 19— - INSURANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE › § 1922A

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

People with the VA insurance who qualify for a premium waiver can apply for extra insurance up to $30,000. You must file an application by October 31, 1993, or within one year after you are notified you qualify, whichever is later. No applications were allowed after December 31, 2022. You must apply before you turn 65. You generally cannot have this extra insurance at the same time as insurance under 1922B, except as allowed by 1922(d)(2)(B). The extra insurance does not get a premium waiver.

Full Legal Text

Title 38, §1922A

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(a)Any person insured under section 1922(a) of this title who qualifies for a waiver of premiums under section 1912 of this title is eligible, as provided in this section, for supplemental insurance in an amount not to exceed $30,000.
(b)To qualify for supplemental insurance under this section a person must file with the Secretary an application for such insurance. Such application must be filed not later than (1) October 31, 1993, or (2) the end of the one-year period beginning on the date on which the Secretary notifies the person that the person is entitled to a waiver of premiums under section 1912 of this title, whichever is later. The Secretary may not accept any such application after December 31, 2022. Except as provided by section 1922(d)(2)(B), a veteran may not have supplemental insurance under this section and be insured under section 1922B simultaneously.
(c)Supplemental insurance granted under this section shall be granted upon the same terms and conditions as insurance granted under section 1922(a) of this title, except that such insurance may not be granted to a person under this section unless the application is made for such insurance before the person attains 65 years of age.
(d)No waiver of premiums shall be made in the case of any person for supplemental insurance granted under this section.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–315, § 2004(c)(2), substituted “Legacy supplemental” for “Supplemental” in section catchline. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–315, § 2004(b)(2), inserted at end “The Secretary may not accept any such application after
December 31, 2022. Except as provided by section 1922(d)(2)(B), a veteran may not have supplemental insurance under this section and be insured under section 1922B simultaneously.” 2010—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–275 substituted “$30,000” for “$20,000”. 1994—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–446 substituted “insurance. Such application must be filed not later than (1)
October 31, 1993, or (2) the end of the one-year period beginning on the date on which the Secretary” for “insurance not later than the end of (1) the one-year period beginning on the first day of the first month following the month in which this section is enacted, or (2) the one-year period beginning on the date that the Department”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2010 Amendment Pub. L. 111–275, title IV, § 401(b), Oct. 13, 2010, 124 Stat. 2879, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on October 1, 2011.”

Effective Date

Pub. L. 102–568, title II, § 205, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4325, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by this title [enacting this section and amending section 1967, 1977, and 2106 of this title] shall take effect on December 1, 1992.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

38 U.S.C. § 1922A

Title 38 — Veterans' Benefits

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73