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Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits

Part II · Chapter 11 — Compensation for Service-Connected Disability or Death

§ 1134. Rates of peacetime disability compensation

Statutory text

For the purposes of section 1131 of this title, the compensation payable for the disability shall be that specified in section 1114 of this title.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 85–857 · 72 Stat. 1105

    Enacted · 38 U.S.C. § 1134

    Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1123, § 334

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1123, § 334

  2. Veterans’ Compensation and Relief Act of 1972

    Pub. L. 92–328 title I § 108(a) · 86 Stat. 393

    Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 1134

    Pub. L. 92–328 substituted provisions that compensation payable for the disability be that specified in section 314 of this title, for provisions that compensation payable for the disability be equal to 80% of the compensation payable for such disability under section 314 of this title, adjusted upward or downward to the nearest dollar

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 92–328 substituted provisions that compensation payable for the disability be that specified in section 314 of this title, for provisions that compensation payable for the disability be equal to 80% of the compensation payable for such disability under section 314 of this title, adjusted upward or downward to the nearest dollar.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Section 334 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out “equal” and all that follows down through the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof “that specified in section 314 of this title.”

    Effective date note
    Pub. L. 92–328, title III, § 301(b), June 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 398, provided that: “Section 108 [repealing section 336 of this title and amending this section and section 335 [now 1135] of this title] shall take effect on July 1, 1973.”

  3. Pub. L. 102–83 § 5(a) · 105 Stat. 378

    Changed · 38 U.S.C. § 1134

    Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), renumbered section 334 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), renumbered section 334 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Redesignation of Sections to Conform to Chapter Numbers.— Each section contained in any of chapters 11 through 23 is redesignated by replacing the first digit of the section number with the number of the chapter containing that section. Each section contained in any of chapters 24 through 42 is redesignated so that the first two digits of the section number of that section are the same as the chapter number of the chapter containing that section.

  4. Pub. L. 102–83 § 5(c)(1) · 105 Stat. 378

    1. Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 1134

      Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted “1131” for “331”

    2. Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 1134

      Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted “1114” for “314”

    Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted “1131” for “331” and “1114” for “314”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Each provision of title 38, United States Code, that contains a reference to a section redesignated by subsection (a) is amended so that the reference refers to the section as redesignated.

4 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments1972–1991 · 2 rounds

1991

Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), renumbered section 334 of this title as this section.

Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted “1131” for “331” and “1114” for “314”.

1972

Pub. L. 92–328 substituted provisions that compensation payable for the disability be that specified in section 314 of this title, for provisions that compensation payable for the disability be equal to 80% of the compensation payable for such disability under section 314 of this title, adjusted upward or downward to the nearest dollar.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1972 Amendment

Pub. L. 92–328, title III, § 301(b), , 86 Stat. 398, provided that: “Section 108 [repealing section 336 of this title and amending this section and section 335 [now 1135] of this title] shall take effect on .”

Credits

1958–1991 · 3 acts
  1. 1958Pub. L. 85–857, , 72 Stat. 1123, § 334
  2. 1972Pub. L. 92–328, title I, § 108(a), , 86 Stat. 396
  3. 1991renumbered § 1134 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), , 105 Stat. 406.
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(Pub. L. 85–857, , 72 Stat. 1123, § 334; Pub. L. 92–328, title I, § 108(a), , 86 Stat. 396; renumbered § 1134 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), , 105 Stat. 406.)

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