38 USC § 1134 - Rates of peacetime disability compensation

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s1134"
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title: "38 USC § 1134 - Rates of peacetime disability compensation"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "1134"
section_name: "Rates of peacetime disability compensation"
chapter_number: 11
chapter_name: "COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "PEACETIME DISABILITY COMPENSATION"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "GENERAL BENEFITS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1123, § 334; Pub. L. 92–328, title I, § 108(a), June 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 396; renumbered § 1134 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)"
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# § 1134. Rates of peacetime disability compensation

section 1131 of this titlesection 1114 of this title

For the purposes of , the compensation payable for the disability shall be that specified in .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1123, § 334; Pub. L. 92–328, title I, § 108(a), June 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 396; renumbered § 1134 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1991—, renumbered  as this section.

, substituted “1131” for “331” and “1114” for “314”.

1972— substituted provisions that compensation payable for the disability be that specified in , for provisions that compensation payable for the disability be equal to 80% of the compensation payable for such disability under , adjusted upward or downward to the nearest dollar.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1972 Amendment

> “Section 108 [repealing
> 
> and amending this section and section 335 [now 1135] of this title] shall take effect on
> 
> .”

, , , provided that: