Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Reform Act of 1989

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Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Reform Act of 1989 - Revises the formula for the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) to the surviving spouses of veterans who die on active duty. Adds a formula for postservice DIC based on the percentage of service-connected disability (at time of death) of the person upon whose death entitlement is predicated. Adds a formula of inservice DIC based upon the amount of active duty served by the person now deceased. Provides for the election of the revised DIC for those persons awarded DIC effective before December 1, 1989.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 29 June 1989

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