---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 1834"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "1834"
heading: "Nonduplication of benefits"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/1834"
units:
  - "Part II — General Benefits"
  - "Chapter 18 — Benefits for Children of Vietnam Veterans and Certain Other Veterans"
  - "Subchapter IV — General Provisions"
---

# §1834. Nonduplication of benefits

- (a) **Monetary Allowance.—** In the case of an eligible [child](/usc/38/1831.md?p=1) under subchapter II of this chapter whose only covered birth defect is spina bifida, a monetary allowance shall be paid under subchapter I of this chapter. In the case of an eligible [child](/usc/38/1831.md?p=1) under subchapter II of this chapter who has spina bifida and one or more additional covered birth defects, a monetary allowance shall be paid under subchapter II of this chapter. In the case of a [child](/usc/38/1831.md?p=1) eligible for benefits under subchapter I or II of this chapter who is also eligible for benefits under subchapter III of this chapter, a monetary allowance shall be paid under the subchapter of this chapter elected by the [child](/usc/38/1831.md?p=1).
- (b) **Vocational Rehabilitation.—** An individual may only be provided one program of vocational training under this chapter.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 106–419, title IV, § 401(b), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1860, § 1824; renumbered § 1834 and amended, Pub. L. 108–183, title I, § 102(a)(1), (c), Dec. 16, 2003, 117 Stat. 2653, 2654.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1834 was renumbered section 3734 of this title.

### Amendments

2003—Pub. L. 108–183, § 102(a)(1), renumbered section 1824 of this title as this section.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–183, § 102(c), inserted at end: “In the case of a child eligible for benefits under subchapter I or II of this chapter who is also eligible for benefits under subchapter III of this chapter, a monetary allowance shall be paid under the subchapter of this chapter elected by the child.”