38 USC § 3225 - Discharge or release under conditions which would bar the use of benefits
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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s3225"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "38 USC § 3225 - Discharge or release under conditions which would bar the use of benefits"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "3225"
section_name: "Discharge or release under conditions which would bar the use of benefits"
chapter_number: 32
chapter_name: "POST-VIETNAM ERA VETERANS’ EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "ELIGIBILITY; CONTRIBUTIONS; AND MATCHING FUND"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 94–502, title IV, § 404, Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 2396, § 1625; amended Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, § 423(b)(1)(A), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2092; renumbered § 3225, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)"
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# § 3225. Discharge or release under conditions which would bar the use of benefits
If a participant in the program is discharged or released from active duty under dishonorable conditions, such participant is automatically disenrolled and any contributions made by such participant shall be refunded to such participant on the date of such participant’s discharge or release from active duty or within 60 days from receipt of notice by the Secretary of such discharge or release, whichever is later.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 94–502, title IV, § 404, Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 2396, § 1625; amended Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, § 423(b)(1)(A), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2092; renumbered § 3225, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
1991— renumbered as this section.
1989— substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date
Section effective , see , set out as a note under .