38 USC § 1504 - Persons heretofore having a pensionable status

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s1504"
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title: "38 USC § 1504 - Persons heretofore having a pensionable status"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "1504"
section_name: "Persons heretofore having a pensionable status"
chapter_number: 15
chapter_name: "PENSION FOR NON-SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH OR FOR SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
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. 1134, § 504; renumbered § 1504, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)"
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# § 1504. Persons heretofore having a pensionable status

The pension benefits of subchapters II and III of this chapter shall, notwithstanding the service requirements of such subchapters, be granted to persons heretofore recognized by law as having a pensionable status.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1134, § 504; renumbered § 1504, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Prior section 1504 was renumbered .

Another prior section 1504, , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , §§ 101, 104(4), , , 2384; , , , related to subsistence allowances to be paid veterans while pursuing a course of vocational rehabilitation training under chapter 31 of this title, prior to repeal, effective , by , , . See .

### Amendments

1991— renumbered  as this section.