38 USC § 2307 - Death from service-connected disability

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s2307"
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title: "38 USC § 2307 - Death from service-connected disability"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "2307"
section_name: "Death from service-connected disability"
chapter_number: 23
chapter_name: "BURIAL BENEFITS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "GENERAL BENEFITS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 93–43, § 5(a)(2), June 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 80, § 907; amended Pub. L. 95–479, title III, § 303(c), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1565; Pub. L. 100–322, title III, § 303, May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 534; Pub. L. 101–237, title III, § 313(b)(1), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2077; renumbered § 2307 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 107–103, title V, § 501(a)(1), Dec. 27, 2001, 115 Stat. 994; Pub. L. 108–183, title V, § 501(b), Dec. 16, 2003, 117 Stat. 2667; Pub. L. 116–315, title II, § 2202(b)(1)(B), Jan. 5, 2021, 134 Stat. 4985.)"
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# § 2307. Death from service-connected disability

section 8134(a) of title 5section 2303 of this title

In any case in which a veteran dies as the result of a service-connected disability or disabilities, the Secretary, upon the request of the survivors of such veteran, shall pay the burial and funeral expenses incurred in connection with the death of the veteran in an amount not exceeding the greater of (1) $2,000, or (2) the amount authorized to be paid under  in the case of a Federal employee whose death occurs as the result of an injury sustained in the performance of duty. Funeral and burial benefits provided under this section shall be in lieu of any benefits authorized under subsections (a)(1) and (b)(2) of .

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 93–43, § 5(a)(2), June 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 80, § 907; amended Pub. L. 95–479, title III, § 303(c), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1565; Pub. L. 100–322, title III, § 303, May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 534; Pub. L. 101–237, title III, § 313(b)(1), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2077; renumbered § 2307 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 107–103, title V, § 501(a)(1), Dec. 27, 2001, 115 Stat. 994; Pub. L. 108–183, title V, § 501(b), Dec. 16, 2003, 117 Stat. 2667; Pub. L. 116–315, title II, § 2202(b)(1)(B), Jan. 5, 2021, 134 Stat. 4985.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021— substituted “subsections (a)(1) and (b)(2) of ” for “sections 2302 and 2303(a)(1) and (b)(2) of this title”.

2003—Subsec. (b).  substituted “and (b)(2)” for “and (b)” in last sentence.

2001— substituted “$2,000” for ‘$1,500”.

1991— renumbered  as this section and substituted “2302 and 2303(a)(1)” for “902 and 903(a)(1)”.

1989— substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”.

1988— substituted “$1,500” for “$1,100”.

1978— inserted “the greater of (1) $1,100, or (2)” after “not exceeding”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

Amendment by  applicable to deaths that occur on or after the date that is two years after , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date of 2001 Amendment

> “The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] shall apply to deaths occurring on or after
> 
> .”

, , , provided that:

### Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

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

### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

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

### Effective Date

Section effective , or such earlier date as the President may prescribe and publish in the Federal Register, see , set out as a note under .