Title 31, Money and FinanceRelease 119-102

§778 Dependency and Disability Decisions

Title 31 › SUBTITLE I — GENERAL › CHAPTER 7 — GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE › SUBCHAPTER V — ANNUITIES › § 778

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The General Counsel of the Government Accountability Office must decide questions about dependency, disability, or both under sections 773–776. That decision is final and cannot be appealed.

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Title 31, §778

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The General Counsel of the Government Accountability Office shall decide a question of dependency, disability, or dependency and disability under section 773–776 of this title. A decision under this section is final.

Legislative History

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 77831:43b(h).June 10, 1921, ch. 18, 42 Stat. 20, § 319(h); added July 13, 1959, Pub. L. 86–87, 73 Stat. 198. The words “arising” and “and conclusive” are omitted as surplus.

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Amendments

2004—Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”.

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Citation

31 U.S.C. § 778

Title 31, Money and Finance

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102