---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 1922A"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "1922A"
heading: "Legacy supplemental service disabled veterans’ insurance for totally disabled veterans"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/1922A"
units:
  - "Part II — General Benefits"
  - "Chapter 19 — Insurance"
  - "Subchapter I — National Service Life Insurance"
---

# §1922A. Legacy supplemental service disabled veterans’ insurance for totally disabled veterans

- (a) Any person insured under [section 1922(a) of this title](/usc/38/1922.md?p=a) who qualifies for a waiver of premiums under [section 1912 of this title](/usc/38/1912.md) is eligible, as provided in this section, for supplemental [insurance](/usc/38/1901.md?p=1) in an amount not to exceed $30,000.
- (b) To qualify for supplemental [insurance](/usc/38/1901.md?p=1) under this section a person must file with the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) an application for such [insurance](/usc/38/1901.md?p=1). Such application must be filed not later than (1) October 31, 1993, or (2) the end of the one-year period beginning on the date on which the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) notifies the person that the person is entitled to a waiver of premiums under [section 1912 of this title](/usc/38/1912.md), whichever is later. The [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) may not accept any such application after December 31, 2022. Except as provided by [section 1922(d)(2)(B)](/usc/38/1922.md?p=d-2-B), a [veteran](/usc/38/1101.md?p=1) may not have supplemental [insurance](/usc/38/1901.md?p=1) under this section and be insured under [section 1922B](/usc/38/1922B.md) simultaneously.
- (c) Supplemental [insurance](/usc/38/1901.md?p=1) granted under this section shall be granted upon the same terms and conditions as [insurance](/usc/38/1901.md?p=1) granted under [section 1922(a) of this title](/usc/38/1922.md?p=a), except that such [insurance](/usc/38/1901.md?p=1) may not be granted to a person under this section unless the application is made for such [insurance](/usc/38/1901.md?p=1) before the person attains 65 years of age.
- (d) No waiver of premiums shall be made in the case of any person for supplemental [insurance](/usc/38/1901.md?p=1) granted under this section.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 102–568, title II, § 203(a), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4324; amended Pub. L. 103–446, title XII, § 1201(f)(1), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4687; Pub. L. 111–275, title IV, § 401(a), Oct. 13, 2010, 124 Stat. 2879; Pub. L. 116–315, title II, § 2004(b)(2), (c)(2), Jan. 5, 2021, 134 Stat. 4974.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–315, § 2004(c)(2), substituted “Legacy supplemental” for “Supplemental” in section catchline.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–315, § 2004(b)(2), inserted at end “The Secretary may not accept any such application after December 31, 2022. Except as provided by section 1922(d)(2)(B), a veteran may not have supplemental insurance under this section and be insured under section 1922B simultaneously.”

2010—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–275 substituted “$30,000” for “$20,000”.

1994—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–446 substituted “insurance. Such application must be filed not later than (1) October 31, 1993, or (2) the end of the one-year period beginning on the date on which the Secretary” for “insurance not later than the end of (1) the one-year period beginning on the first day of the first month following the month in which this section is enacted, or (2) the one-year period beginning on the date that the Department”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2010 Amendment

Pub. L. 111–275, title IV, § 401(b), Oct. 13, 2010, 124 Stat. 2879, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on October 1, 2011.”

### Effective Date

Pub. L. 102–568, title II, § 205, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4325, provided that: “The amendments made by this title [enacting this section and amending sections 1967, 1977, and 2106 of this title] shall take effect on December 1, 1992.”