---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 3.214"
title: "38"
number: "3.214"
heading: "Court decisions; unremarried surviving spouses."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/3.214"
---

# §3.214. Court decisions; unremarried surviving spouses.


Effective July 15, 1958, a decision rendered by a Federal court in an action to which the United States was a party holding that a surviving spouse of a veteran has not remarried will be followed in determining eligibility for pension, compensation or dependency and indemnity compensation.


## Notes

### Amendments

[31 FR 2782, Feb. 16, 1966, as amended at 52 FR 19349, May 22, 1987]

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[31 FR 2782, Feb. 16, 1966, as amended at 52 FR 19349, May 22, 1987]