PUBLIC LAW 98-542—OCT. 24, 1984
98 STAT. 2733
(d)(1) A disability benefit payable to a veteran under this section for a disease described in subsection (b) shall be paid at the rate at which compensation would be payable under chapter 11 of title 38, 38 USC 301 et United States Code, to that veteran for the disability resulting from ^eq. that disease if the disability were determined to be serviceconnected. (2) A death benefit payable under this section to the survivors of a veteran shall be paid to such survivors based upon the eligibility requirements (other than the requirement that death be the result of a service-connected or compensable disability) and at the rates that are applicable to dependency and indemnity compensation under chapter 13 of that title. 38 USC 401 et (e) A benefit may not be paid under this section with respect to a ^^idisease or the death of a veteran for any month for which compensation is payable to that veteran for that disease under chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code, or for which dependency and indemnity compensation is payable for that death under chapter 13 of such title. (f) A disease establishing eligibility for a disability or death benefit under this section shall be treated for purposes of all other laws of the United States (other than chapters 11 and 13 of title 38, United States Code) as if such disease were service connected. The receipt of a disability benefit under this section shall be treated for purposes of all other laws of the United States as if such benefit were compensation under chapter 11 of such title, and the receipt of a death benefit under this section shall be treated for purposes of all other laws of the United States as if such benefit were dependency and indemnity compensation under chapter 13 of title 38, United States Code. (g) For the purposes of this section: (1; The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. (2) The term "Vietnam era" means the period beginning on August 5, 1964, and ending on May 7, 1975. (3) The term "veteran" has the meaning given that term in paragraph (2) of section 101 of title 38, United States Code, and includes a person who died in the active military, naval, or air sen ice. (4) The terms "service-connected" and "active military, naval, or air service" have the meanings given those terms in paragraphs (16) and (24), respectively, of section 101 of title 38, United States Code.
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