---
kind: "unit"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
key: "ptIV/ch53"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 53"
heading: "Special Provisions Relating to Benefits"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/ptIV-ch53"
sections_count: 29
---

# Chapter 53 — Special Provisions Relating to Benefits

Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits › Part IV — General Administrative Provisions

## Sections

- [§5301. Nonassignability and exempt status of benefits](/usc/38/5301.md)
- [§5302. Waiver of recovery of claims by the United States](/usc/38/5302.md)
- [§5302A. Collection of indebtedness: certain debts of members of the Armed Forces and veterans who die of injury incurred or aggravated in the line of duty in a combat zone](/usc/38/5302A.md)
- [§5302B. Prohibition of debt arising from overpayment due to delay in processing](/usc/38/5302B.md)
- [§5303. Certain bars to benefits](/usc/38/5303.md)
- [§5303A. Minimum active-duty service requirement](/usc/38/5303A.md)
- [§5303B. Character of service determinations](/usc/38/5303B.md)
- [§5304. Prohibition against duplication of benefits](/usc/38/5304.md)
- [§5305. Waiver of retired pay](/usc/38/5305.md)
- [§5306. Renouncement of right to benefits](/usc/38/5306.md)
- [§5307. Apportionment of benefits](/usc/38/5307.md)
- [§5308. Withholding benefits of persons in territory of the enemy](/usc/38/5308.md)
- [§5309. Payment of certain withheld benefits](/usc/38/5309.md)
- [§5310. Payment of benefits for month of death](/usc/38/5310.md)
- [§5311. Prohibition of certain benefit payments](/usc/38/5311.md)
- [§5312. Annual adjustment of certain benefit rates](/usc/38/5312.md)
- [§5313. Limitation on payment of compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation to persons incarcerated for conviction of a felony](/usc/38/5313.md)
- [§5313A. Limitation on payment of clothing allowance to incarcerated veterans](/usc/38/5313A.md)
- [§5313B. Prohibition on providing certain benefits with respect to persons who are fugitive felons](/usc/38/5313B.md)
- [§5314. Indebtedness offsets](/usc/38/5314.md)
- [§5314A. Dispute of indebtedness](/usc/38/5314A.md)
- [§5315. Interest and administrative cost charges on delinquent payments of certain amounts due the United States](/usc/38/5315.md)
- [§5316. Authority to sue to collect certain debts](/usc/38/5316.md)
- [§5317. Use of income information from other agencies: notice and verification](/usc/38/5317.md)
- [§5317A. Use of income information from other agencies: independent verification required before termination or reduction of certain benefits and services](/usc/38/5317A.md)
- [§5318. Review of Social Security Administration death information](/usc/38/5318.md)
- [§5319. Limitations on access to financial records](/usc/38/5319.md)
- [§5320. Threshold for reporting debts to consumer reporting agencies](/usc/38/5320.md)
- [§5321. Benefits helpline](/usc/38/5321.md)