---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.5745"
title: "38"
number: "21.5745"
heading: "Period of entitlement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.5745"
---

# §21.5745. Period of entitlement.

- (a) **Veterans.** The period of entitlement of a veteran expires on the first day following ten years from the date the veteran retires or is discharged or otherwise separated from active duty.
- (b) **Spouses, surviving spouses, and dependent children.** If the veteran's or servicemember's entitlement is transferred, the period of entitlement of the spouse, surviving spouse, or dependent child expires 10 years from—
  - (1) The date the veteran retires, is discharged or otherwise separated from active duty, or
  - (2) If the servicemember dies on active duty, the date of the servicemember's death.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 10 U.S.C. ch. 107; 38 U.S.C. 501(a), 3695, 5101, 5113, 5303A; 42 U.S.C. 2000; sec. 901, Pub. L. 96-342, 94 Stat. 1111-1114, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 27026, July 29, 1986, unless otherwise noted.