---
kind: "unit"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
key: "ptII/ch11/schV"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter V"
heading: "Peacetime Death Compensation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/ptII-ch11-schV"
sections_count: 3
---

# Subchapter V — Peacetime Death Compensation

Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits › Part II — General Benefits › Chapter 11 — Compensation for Service-Connected Disability or Death

## Sections

- [§1141. Basic entitlement](/usc/38/1141.md)
- [§1142. Rates of peacetime death compensation](/usc/38/1142.md)
- [§1143. Vacant](/usc/38/1143.md)