---
kind: "unit"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
key: "ptII/ch19/schIII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter III"
heading: "Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/ptII-ch19-schIII"
sections_count: 18
---

# Subchapter III — Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance

Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits › Part II — General Benefits › Chapter 19 — Insurance

## Sections

- [§1965. Definitions](/usc/38/1965.md)
- [§1966. Eligible insurance companies](/usc/38/1966.md)
- [§1967. Persons insured; amount](/usc/38/1967.md)
- [§1968. Duration and termination of coverage; conversion](/usc/38/1968.md)
- [§1969. Deductions; payment; investment; expenses](/usc/38/1969.md)
- [§1970. Beneficiaries; payment of insurance](/usc/38/1970.md)
- [§1971. Basic tables of premiums; readjustment of rates](/usc/38/1971.md)
- [§1972. Benefit certificates](/usc/38/1972.md)
- [§1973. Forfeiture](/usc/38/1973.md)
- [§1974. Advisory Council on Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance](/usc/38/1974.md)
- [§1975. Jurisdiction of District Courts](/usc/38/1975.md)
- [§1976. Effective date](/usc/38/1976.md)
- [§1977. Veterans’ Group Life Insurance](/usc/38/1977.md)
- [§1978. Reinstatement](/usc/38/1978.md)
- [§1979. Incontestability](/usc/38/1979.md)
- [§1980. Option to receive accelerated death benefit](/usc/38/1980.md)
- [§1980A. Traumatic injury protection](/usc/38/1980A.md)
- [§1980B. Periodic review of automatic maximum coverage](/usc/38/1980B.md)