---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 3.30"
title: "38"
number: "3.30"
heading: "Frequency of payment of improved pension and parents' dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/3.30"
---

# §3.30. Frequency of payment of improved pension and parents' dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC).


Payment shall be made as shown in paragraphs [(a)](#a), [(b)](#b), [(c)](#c), [(d)](#d), [(e)](#e), and [(f)](#f) of this section; however, beneficiaries receiving payment less frequently than monthly may elect to receive payment monthly in cases in which other Federal benefits would otherwise be denied.

- (a) **Improved pension—Monthly.** Payment shall be made monthly if the annual rate payable is $228 or more.
- (b) **Improved pension—Quarterly.** Payment shall be made every 3 months on or about March 1, June 1, September l, and December 1, if the annual rate payable is at least $144 but less than $228.
- (c) **Improved pension—Semiannually.** Payment shall be made every 6 months on or about June 1, and December 1, if the annual rate payable is at least $72 but less than $144.
- (d) **Improved pension—Annually.** Payment shall be made annually on or about June 1, if the annual rate payable is less than $72.
- (e) **Parents' DIC—Semiannually.** Benefits shall be paid every 6 months on or about June 1, and December 1, if the amount of the annual benefit is less than 4 percent of the maximum annual rate payable under [38 U.S.C. 1315](/usc/38/1315.md).
- (f) **Payment of less than one dollar.** Payments of less than $1 shall not be made.

## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 45935, Aug. 6, 1979, as amended at 51 FR 1790, Jan. 15, 1986; 53 FR 7903, Mar. 11, 1988; 57 FR 10425, Mar. 26, 1992; 71 FR 52290, Sept. 5, 2006]

### Authority

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

### Amendments

[44 FR 45935, Aug. 6, 1979, as amended at 51 FR 1790, Jan. 15, 1986; 53 FR 7903, Mar. 11, 1988; 57 FR 10425, Mar. 26, 1992; 71 FR 52290, Sept. 5, 2006]