Title 38, Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-102
§1141 Basic Entitlement
Title 38 › PART II — GENERAL BENEFITS › CHAPTER 11 — COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH › SUBCHAPTER V — PEACETIME DEATH COMPENSATION › § 1141
Summary
Surviving spouse, children, or dependent parents of veterans who died before Jan 1, 1957, from service-related peacetime injury or disease get compensation.
Full Legal Text
Title 38, §1141
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The surviving spouse, child or children, and dependent parent or parents of any veteran who died before January 1, 1957, as the result of injury or disease incurred in or aggravated by active military, naval, air, or space service, in line of duty, during other than a period of war, shall be entitled to receive compensation as hereinafter provided in this subchapter.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “air, or space service” for “or air service”. 1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 341 of this title as this section. 1976—Pub. L. 94–433 substituted “spouse” for “widow”. 1971—Pub. L. 92–197 struck out eligibility clause when the veteran died after April 30, 1957, under circumstances described in section 417(a) of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1976 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 94–433 effective Oct. 1, 1976, see section 406 of Pub. L. 94–433, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.
Effective Date
of 1971 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 92–197 effective Jan. 1, 1972, see section 10 of Pub. L. 92–197, set out as a note under section 1311 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
38 U.S.C. § 1141
Title 38, Veterans' Benefits
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102