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38 U.S.C. 3562: Nonduplication of benefitsText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 38-VETERANS’ BENEFITSCHAPTER 35-SURVIVORS’ AND DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE

§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.

( 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—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 1762 of this title as this section.

1966⁠—Pub. L. 89–358 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 section 1781 of this title.

1964⁠—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 88–361 inserted “whether eligibility is based upon the death or upon the total permanent disability of the parent”.