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Title 38, Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-102

§1927 Authority for Higher Monthly Installments Payable to Certain Annuitants

Title 38 › PART II — GENERAL BENEFITS › CHAPTER 19 — INSURANCE › SUBCHAPTER I — NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE › § 1927

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can raise the monthly annuity payments for people who get life annuities from National Service Life Insurance, Veterans Special Life Insurance, or Veterans Reopened Insurance. The increase can only happen if it is administratively and actuarially sound. The extra money comes from trust-fund gains tied to interest and mortality on annuity reserves and is paid as a fixed percent added to each monthly payment. Any adjusted payment cannot be lower than the original amount. The Secretary may ignore certain rules about interest rates and mortality tables when doing this.

Full Legal Text

Title 38, §1927

Veterans' Benefits, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the Secretary may from time to time adjust the dollar amount of the monthly installments payable to a beneficiary of National Service Life Insurance, Veterans Special Life Insurance, or Veterans Reopened Insurance who is receiving the proceeds of such insurance under a life annuity settlement option. The Secretary may make such an adjustment only if the Secretary determines that the adjustment is administratively and actuarially sound for the program of insurance concerned. The Secretary may make such an adjustment without regard to the provisions of section 1902, 1923, and 1925 of this title with respect to interest rates and the use of mortality tables.
(b)The Secretary shall determine the amount in the trust funds in the Treasury held for payment of proceeds to National Service Life Insurance, Veterans Special Life Insurance, and Veterans Reopened Insurance beneficiaries attributable to interest and mortality gains on the reserves held for annuity accounts. Such amount shall be available for distribution to the life annuitants referred to in subsection (a) of this section as a fixed percentage of, and in addition to, the monthly installment amount to which the annuitants are entitled under this subchapter. For the purposes of this section, gains on the reserves are defined as funds attributable solely to annuity accounts that are in excess of actuarial liabilities.
(c)The monthly amount of an annuity authorized in section 1902, 1923, and 1925 of this title, as adjusted under this section, may not be less than the monthly amount of such annuity that would otherwise be applicable without regard to this section.

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Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), renumbered section 727 of this title as this section. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted “1902, 1923, and 1925” for “702, 723, and 725”. Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” wherever appearing. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted “1902, 1923, and 1925” for “702, 723, and 725”.

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Citation

38 U.S.C. § 1927

Title 38, Veterans' Benefits

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102