---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 3.803"
title: "38"
number: "3.803"
heading: "Naval pension."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/3.803"
---

# §3.803. Naval pension.

- (a) Payment of naval pension will be authorized on the basis of a certification by the Secretary of the Navy.
- (b) Awards of naval pension in effect prior to July 14, 1943, or renewed or continued may be paid concurrently with Department of Veterans Affairs pension or compensation; however, naval pension allowance under [10 U.S.C. 6160](/usc/10/6160.md) may not exceed one-fourth of the rate of disability pension or compensation otherwise payable, exclusive of additional allowances for dependents or specific disabilities.
- (c) New awards of naval pension may not be made concurrently with Department of Veterans Affairs pension or compensation.
- (d) Naval pension remaining unpaid at the date of the veteran's death is not payable by the Department of Veterans Affairs as an accrued benefit.

## Notes

### Amendments

[26 FR 1605, Feb. 24, 1961, as amended at 28 FR 2857, Mar. 22, 1963; 44 FR 22721, Apr. 17, 1979]

### Authority

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

### Amendments

[26 FR 1605, Feb. 24, 1961, as amended at 28 FR 2857, Mar. 22, 1963; 44 FR 22721, Apr. 17, 1979]