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[72 Stat. 1131]
PUBLIC LAW 85-000—MMMM. DD, 1958
[72 Stat. 1131]

72 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 8 5 - 8 5 7 - S E P T. 2, 1958

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(b)(1) Whenever the widow of a veteran has been granted dependency and indemnity compensation by reason of this section, payments to her and to the children of the veteran shall thereafter be made under this chapter, and shall not thereafter be made to them by reason of the death of the veteran under (A) other provisions of law administered by the Veterans' Administration providing for the payment of compensation or pension, or (B) the Federal Employees' Compensation Act. Ful^c^ysYnote. (2) Whenever the child or parent of any veteran is granted dependency and indemnity compensation, payments shall not thereafter be made to such child or parent by reason of the death of the veteran under (A) other provisions of law administered by the Veterans' Administration providing for the payment of compensation or pension, or (B) the Federal Employees' Compensation Act. (c) If children of a deceased individual are receiving death compensation, and all such children have not applied for dependency and indemnity compensation, (1) dependency and indemnity compensation paid to each child who has applied therefor shall not exceed the amounts which would be paid if the application had been made by, or on behalf of, all such children, and (2) benefits paid under other provisions of law administered by the Veterans' Administration providing for the payment of compensation or pension, or under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, to each child who has not so applied therefor shall not exceed the amounts which would be paid to him if no such application had been made. (d) If there are two parents of a deceased individual eligible for benefits by reason of subsection (a), and an application for dependency and indemnity compensation is not made by both parents, (1) dependency and indemnity compensation paid to the parent who applies therefor shall not exceed the amounts which would be paid to him if both parents had so applied, and (2) benefits paid under other provisions of law administered by the Veterans' Administration providing for the payment of compensation, or under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, to the parent who has not so applied therefor shall not exceed the amounts which would be paid to him if no such application had been made. (e)(1)1 Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), no person who, on January 1, 1957, was a principal or contingent beneficiary of any payments under the Servicemen's Indemnity Act of 1951 may 5!?T*O^'JL^.'. •

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receive any such payments based upon the death giving rise to such payments after he has been granted dependency and indemnity compensation based upon that death. No principal or contingent beneficiary who has assigned his interest in payments under the Servicemen's Indemnity Act of 1951 after June 28, 1956, may receive any payments under this chapter based upon the death giving rise to such payments until the portion of the indemnity so assigned is no longer payable to any person. (2) Where a beneficiary is barred from the receipt of payments under the Servicemen's Indemnity Act of 1951 by virtue of the first | | ulc sM'note. sentence of pararaph (1), no payments of the portion of indemnity in which such beneficiary had an interest shall be made to any other beneficiary. ' • (3) In the case of a child who has applied for dependency and indemnity compensation pursuant to this section or prior corresponding provisions of law, and who is or becomes a beneficiary under the Servicemen's Indemnity Act of 1951 by reason of the death giving rise to his eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation, the Administrator shall determine and pay to such child for each month, or part thereof, payments under this chapter or under such Act, whichever payment he determines to be the greater amount.