---
kind: "unit"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
key: "ptIV/ch51/schIII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter III"
heading: "Payment of Benefits"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/ptIV-ch51-schIII"
sections_count: 8
---

# Subchapter III — Payment of Benefits

Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits › Part IV — General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 51 — Claims, Effective Dates, and Payments

## Sections

- [§5120. Payment of benefits; delivery](/usc/38/5120.md)
- [§5121. Payment of certain accrued benefits upon death of a beneficiary](/usc/38/5121.md)
- [§5121A. Substitution in case of death of claimant](/usc/38/5121A.md)
- [§5122. Cancellation of checks mailed to deceased payees](/usc/38/5122.md)
- [§5123. Rounding down of pension rates](/usc/38/5123.md)
- [§5124. Acceptance of claimant’s statement as proof of relationship](/usc/38/5124.md)
- [§5125. Acceptance of reports of private physician examinations](/usc/38/5125.md)
- [§5126. Benefits not to be denied based on lack of mailing address](/usc/38/5126.md)