38 U.S.C. § 1161 — Payment of disability compensation in disability severance cases
submitted 56 years ago by Pub. L. 91-241 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 59 words · no verdicts yet
When disability severance pay must be deducted from disability compensation, the monthly deduction cannot exceed the compensation rate based on the disability rating first assigned by the Department.
The deduction of disability severance pay from disability compensation*, to the extent required by section 1212(d) of title 10, shall be made at a monthly rate not in excess of the rate of compensation to which the former member would be entitled based on the degree of such former member’s disability as determined on the initial Department* rating.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 91–241, May 7, 1970, 84 Stat. 203, § 361; amended Pub. L. 94–433, title IV, § 404(23), Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1379; Pub. L. 98–160, title VII, § 702(4), Nov. 21, 1983, 97 Stat. 1009; renumbered § 1161 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 4(a)(3), (4), 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 406; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title XVI, § 1646(c), as added Pub. L. 110–389, title I, § 103(a)(2), Oct. 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 4148.)
- 1970Enacted · Pub. L. 91-241 · 84 Stat. 203
- 1976Amended · Pub. L. 94-433 · 90 Stat. 1379
- 1983Amended · Pub. L. 98-160 · 97 Stat. 1009
- 1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-83 · 105 Stat. 404, 406
- 2008Amended · Pub. L. 110-181 · 122 Stat. 4148
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