92 STAT. 2500
PUBLIC LAW 95-588—NOV. 4, 1978 PENSION rOR SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS
Regulations.
SEC. 105. Paragraph (3) of section 512(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)— (A) by inserting "^except the rate provided under subsection (g) of such section)" after "of this title"; (B) by striking out "World War I " and inserting in lieu thereof "a period of war"; and (C) by striking out the comma and "except as provided in subparagraph (B) " in the second sentence of such subparagraph; and (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking out "if such veteran" and all that follows in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and "as in effect on December 31, 1978, under regulations which the Administrator shall prescribe.". PENSION OF VETERANS OF A PERIOD OF WAR
SEC. 106. (a) Section 521 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
- '§ 521. Veterans of a period of war
"(a) The Administrator shall pay to each veteran of a period of war who meets the service requirements of this section (as prescribed in subsection (j) of this section) and who is permanently and totally disabled from non-service-connected disability not the result of the veteran's willful misconduct, pension at the rate prescribed by this section, as increased from time to time under section 3112 of this title. "(b) If the veteran is unmarried (or married but not living with or reasonably contributing to the support of such veteran's spouse) and there is no child of the \'eteran in the custody of the veteran or to whose support the veteran is reasonably contributing, and unless the veteran is entitled to pension at the rate provided by subsection (d)(1) or (e) of this section, pension shall be paid to the veteran at the annual rate of $3,550, reduced by the amount of the veteran's annual income. "(c) If the veteran is married and living with or reasonably contributing to the support of such veteran's spouse, or if there is a child of the veteran in the custody of the veteran or to whose support the veteran is reasonably contributing, pension shall be paid to the veteran at the annual rate of $4,651, unless the veteran is entitled to pension at the rate provided by subsection (d)(2), (e),or (f) of this section. If the veteran has two or more such family members, such annual rate shall be increased by $600 for each such family member in excess of one. The I'ate payable shall be reduced by the amount of the veteran's annual income and, subject to subsection (h)(1) of this section, the amount of annual income of such family members. "(d)(1) If the veteran is in need of regular aid and attendance, the annual rate of pension payable to the veteran under subsection (b) of this section shall be $5,680, reduced by the amount of the veteran's annual income. "(2) If the veteran is in need of regular aid and attendance, the annual rate of pension payable to the veteran under subsection (c) of this section shall be $6,781. If such veteran has two or more family members, as described in subsection (c) of this section, the annual rate of pension shall be increased by $600 for each such family member in excess of one. The rate payable shall be reduced by the amount of
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