A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to standardize the length of marriage criteria for receipt of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain veterans.

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Amends veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation provisions to eliminate any length-of-marriage requirement necessary in order for the surviving spouse of a veteran (and such veteran's children) to be entitled to dependency and indemnity compensation due to the death of certain veterans with service-connected disabilities. (Currently, a surviving spouse must have been married to such veteran for not less than two years before becoming eligible for such benefits.)

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 8 May 1987

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