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PUBLIC LAW 8 5 - 5 6 - J U N E 17, 1957

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50 per centum, shall be entitled to additional compensation for dependents in the followinji^ monthly amounts: (1) If and while rated totally disabled and— (A) has a wife but no child livino^, $21; (B) has a wife and one child living, $35; (C) has a wife and two children living, $45.50; (D) has a wife and three or more children living, $56; (E) has no wife but one child living, $14; (F) has no wife but two children living, $24.50; (G) has no wife but three or more children living, $35; and (H) has a mother or father, either or both dependent upon him for support, then, in addition to the above amounts, $17.50 for each parent so dependent. (2) If and while rated partially disabled, but not less than 50 per centum, in an amount having the same ratio to the amount specified in paragraph (1) as the degree of his disability bears to total disability. (b) The additional compensation for a dependent or dependents provided by this section shall not be payable to any veteran during any period he is in receipt of an increased rate of subsistence allowance or education and training allowance on account of a dependent or dependents under anj'^ other law administered by the Veterans' Administration. The veteran may elect to receive whichever is the greater. PART C — W A R T I M E DEATH COMPENSATION BASIC ENTITLEMENT

SEC. 321. The surviving widow, child or children, and dependent parent or parents of any veteran who died before January 1, 1957 (or after April 30, 1957, under the circumstances described in section 501 (a)(3)(B) of the Servicemen's and Veterans'Survivor Benefits Act) as the result of injury or disease incurred in or aggravated by active military, naval, or air service, in line of duty, during a period of war, shall be entitled to receive compensation at the monthly rates specified in section 322. RATES OF WARTIME DEATH COMPENSATION

SEC. 322. The montlily rates of death compensation shall be as follows: (1) W i d o w b u t nochild, $87; (2) Widow with one child, $121 (with $29 for each additional child); (3) No widow but one child, $67; (4) No widow but two children, $94 (equally divided); (5) No widow but three children, $122 (equally divided) (with $23 for each additional child, total amount to be equally divided); (6) Dependent mother or father, $75; (7) Dependent mother and father, $40 each. PART D—PEACETIME DISABILITY COMPENSATION BASIC ENTITLEMENT

SEC. 331. For disability resulting from personal injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty, or for aggravation of a preexisting injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty, in the active military, naval, or air service, during other than a period of war, the United States will pay to any veteran thus disabled and who was dis-

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