38 CFR 3.659
§ 3.659 Two parents in same parental line.
United States · 38 CFR — Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief · Status: effective
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The provisions of this section are applicable for periods commencing on or after January 1, 1957 in cases involving payments of death compensation or dependency and indemnity compensation, and in addition, for periods commencing on or after June 9, 1960, in cases involving payments of survivors pension based on death on or after that date.
(a) If survivors pension, compensation or dependency and indemnity compensation is payable based on the service of one parent, an award of such benefits to or on account of a child will be made subject to any payments of these benefits made to or on account of that child over the same period of time based on the service of another parent in the same parental line.
(b) Any reduction or discontinuance of an award to the child or to a surviving spouse will be effective the day preceding the commencing date of survivors pension, compensation, or dependency and indemnity compensation or, under the circumstances described in § 3.707, the commencing date of dependents' educational assistance under 38 U.S.C. ch. 35, to or on account of the child based on the service of another parent in the same parental line. Any increase to a surviving spouse or another child will be effective the commencing date of the award to the child.
Two-parent cases. See § 3.503(a)(7). Two parents in same parental line. See § 3.703.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.