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38 USC § 1135 - Additional compensation for dependents 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s1135"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "38 USC § 1135 - Additional compensation for dependents"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "1135"
section_name: "Additional compensation for dependents"
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, § 335; Pub. L. 92–328, title I, § 108(b), June 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 396; Pub. L. 98–543, title I, § 112(a), Oct. 24, 1984, 98 Stat. 2740; renumbered § 1135 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)"
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# § 1135. Additional compensation for dependents

section 1134 of this titlesection 1115 of this title

Any veteran entitled to compensation at the rates provided in , and whose disability is rated not less than 30 percent, shall be entitled to additional monthly compensation for dependents as provided in .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1123, § 335; Pub. L. 92–328, title I, § 108(b), June 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 396; Pub. L. 98–543, title I, § 112(a), Oct. 24, 1984, 98 Stat. 2740; renumbered § 1135 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 “1134” for “334” and “1115” for “315”.

1984— substituted “30 percent” for “50 per centum”.

1972— substituted provisions that the veteran be entitled to additional monthly compensation for dependents as provided in , for provisions that the veteran be entitled to additional monthly compensation for dependents equal to 80% of the additional compensation for dependents provided in , and subject to the limitations thereof, and adjusted upward or downward to the nearest dollar.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

> “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect as of
> 
> .”

, , , provided that:

### Effective Date of 1972 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .