38 USC § 3562 - Nonduplication of benefits

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s3562"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "38 USC § 3562 - Nonduplication of benefits"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "3562"
section_name: "Nonduplication of benefits"
chapter_number: 35
chapter_name: "SURVIVORS’ AND DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"
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: "(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1201, § 1762; Pub. L. 88–361, § 4, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 298; Pub. L. 89–358, § 3(a)(2), Mar. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 20; renumbered § 3562, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)"
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# § 3562. Nonduplication of benefits

The commencement of a program of education or special restorative training under this chapter shall be a bar (1) to subsequent payments of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, or pension based on the death of a parent to an eligible person over the age of eighteen by reason of pursuing a course in an educational institution, or (2) to increased rates, or additional amounts, of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, or pension because of such a person whether eligibility is based upon the death or upon the total permanent disability of the parent.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1201, § 1762; Pub. L. 88–361, § 4, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 298; Pub. L. 89–358, § 3(a)(2), Mar. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 20; renumbered § 3562, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1991— renumbered  as this section.

1966— redesignated former subsec. (a) as the entire section and deleted former subsec. (b) which prohibited payment of educational assistance allowance or special training allowance on behalf of any eligible person for any period paid for under other provision of law where the payment would constitute a duplication of benefits and which is now incorporated in .

1964—Subsec. (a).  inserted “whether eligibility is based upon the death or upon the total permanent disability of the parent”.