---
kind: "unit"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
key: "ptII/ch15/schIII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter III"
heading: "Pensions to Surviving Spouses and Children"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/ptII-ch15-schIII"
sections_count: 11
---

# Subchapter III — Pensions to Surviving Spouses and Children

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

## Sections

- [§1531. Vacant](/usc/38/1531.md)
- [§1532. Surviving spouses of Civil War veterans](/usc/38/1532.md)
- [§1533. Children of Civil War veterans](/usc/38/1533.md)
- [§1534. Surviving spouses of Indian War veterans](/usc/38/1534.md)
- [§1535. Children of Indian War veterans](/usc/38/1535.md)
- [§1536. Surviving spouses of Spanish-American War veterans](/usc/38/1536.md)
- [§1537. Children of Spanish-American War veterans](/usc/38/1537.md)
- [§1541. Surviving spouses of veterans of a period of war](/usc/38/1541.md)
- [§1542. Children of veterans of a period of war](/usc/38/1542.md)
- [§1543. Net worth limitation](/usc/38/1543.md)
- [§1544. Vacant](/usc/38/1544.md)