---
kind: "unit"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
key: "ptII/ch15/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "General"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/ptII-ch15-schI"
sections_count: 8
---

# Subchapter I — General

Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits › Part II — General Benefits › Chapter 15 — Pension for Non-Service-Connected Disability or Death or for Service

## Sections

- [§1501. Definitions](/usc/38/1501.md)
- [§1502. Determinations with respect to disability](/usc/38/1502.md)
- [§1503. Determinations with respect to annual income](/usc/38/1503.md)
- [§1504. Persons heretofore having a pensionable status](/usc/38/1504.md)
- [§1505. Payment of pension during confinement in penal institutions](/usc/38/1505.md)
- [§1506. Resource reports and overpayment adjustments](/usc/38/1506.md)
- [§1507. Disappearance](/usc/38/1507.md)
- [§1508. Frequency of payment of pension benefits](/usc/38/1508.md)