38 USC § 1507 - Disappearance

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s1507"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "38 USC § 1507 - Disappearance"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "1507"
section_name: "Disappearance"
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"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 89–467, § 1(a), June 22, 1966, 80 Stat. 218, § 507; amended Pub. L. 94–169, title I, § 106(15), Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1017; renumbered § 1507 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404–406.)"
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# § 1507. Disappearance

section 1506(a) of this title

Where a veteran receiving pension under subchapter II of this chapter disappears, the Secretary may pay the pension otherwise payable to such veteran’s spouse and children. In applying the provisions of this section, the Secretary may presume, without reports pursuant to , that the status of the veteran at the time of disappearance, with respect to permanent and total disability, income, and net worth, continues unchanged. Payments made to a spouse or child under this section shall not exceed the amount to which each would be entitled if the veteran died of a non-service-connected disability.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 89–467, § 1(a), June 22, 1966, 80 Stat. 218, § 507; amended Pub. L. 94–169, title I, § 106(15), Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1017; renumbered § 1507 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404–406.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Prior section 1507 was renumbered .

Another prior section 1507, , , ; , , ; , , , related to loans to trainees commencing or undertaking courses of vocational rehabilitation under chapter 31 of this title, prior to repeal, effective , by , , . See .

### Amendments

1991—, renumbered  as this section.

, substituted “1506(a)” for “506(a)”.

, (2)(E), substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” in two places.

1975— struck out “in his discretion” after “Administrator” and substituted “payable to such veteran’s spouse” for “payable to his wife,” and “made to a spouse” for “made to a wife”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1975 Amendment

, , , provided that the amendment made by that section is effective .