---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 U.S.C. § 778"
title: "31"
title_heading: "Money and Finance"
number: "778"
heading: "Dependency and disability decisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/31/778"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — General"
  - "Chapter 7 — Government Accountability Office"
  - "Subchapter V — Annuities"
---

# §778. Dependency and disability decisions


The General Counsel of the Government Accountability Office shall decide a question of dependency, disability, or dependency and disability under sections 773–776 of this title. A decision under this section is final.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 907; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 778 | 31:43b(h). | June 10, 1921, ch. 18, 42 Stat. 20, § 319(h); added July 13, 1959, Pub. L. 86–87, 73 Stat. 198. |

The words “arising” and “and conclusive” are omitted as surplus.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2004—Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”.