---
kind: "unit"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
key: "ptII/ch13/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "General"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/ptII-ch13-schI"
sections_count: 5
---

# Subchapter I — General

Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits › Part II — General Benefits › Chapter 13 — Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Deaths

## Sections

- [§1301. Definitions](/usc/38/1301.md)
- [§1302. Determination of pay grade](/usc/38/1302.md)
- [§1303. Cost-of-living adjustments](/usc/38/1303.md)
- [§1304. Special provisions relating to surviving spouses](/usc/38/1304.md)
- [§1305. Reevaluation of dependency and indemnity compensation determinations pursuant to changes in presumptions of service connection](/usc/38/1305.md)