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PUBLIC LAW 85-86 1 - S E P T. 2, 1958

(b), or (B) injury incurred or aggravated while performing training under clause (2) or the travel described in subsection (b)(2). " (b) Thetravelcoveredby subsection (a) is— "(1) authorized travel to or from the duty described in subsection (a)(1); or "(2) travel directly to or from the duty or training described in subsection (a)(1) or (2) that is performed by a Reserve who, when authorized or required by an authority designated by the Secretary, assumed an obligation to perform that duty or training and whose injury was incurred or aggravated after December 31, 1956. "(c) For the purpose of this section, the standards and procedures for determining the incurrence or aggravation of a disease or injury are those applicable under the laws relating to disability compensation administered by the Veterans' Administration, except that there is no requirement under this section that any incurrence or aggravation have been in line of duty. " (d) This section does not apply to the survivors of persons who were temporary members of the Coast Guard Reserve at the time of their death. "§ 1477. Death gratuity: eligible survivors " (a) A death gratuity payable upon the death of a person covered by section 1475 or 1476 of this title shall be paid to or for the living survivor highest on the following list: "(1) His surviving spouse. "(2) His children, as prescribed by subsection (b), in equal shares. "(3) If designated by him, any one or more of the following persons: " (A) His parents or persons in loco parentis, as prescribed by subsection (c). " (B) His brothers. " (C) His sisters. " (4) His parents or persons in loco parentis, as prescribed by subsection (c), in equal shares. "(5) His brothers and sisters in equal shares. Clauses (3) and (5) of this subsection include brothers and sisters of the half blood and those through adoption. " (b) Subsection (a)(2) applies, without regard to age or marital status, to— "(1) legitimate children; "(2) adopted children; "(3) stepchildren who were a part of the decedent's household at the time of his death; "(4) illegitimate children of a female decedent; and "(5) illegitimate children of a male decedent— " (A) who have been acknowledged in writing signed by the decedent; " (B) who have been judicially determined, before the decedent's death, to be his children; " (C) who have been otherwise proved, by evidence satisfactory to the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, to be children of the decedent; or " (D) to whose support the decedent had been judicially ordered to contribute. "(c) Clauses (3) and (4) of subsection (a), so far as they apply to parents and persons in loco parentis, include fathers and mothers through adoption, and persons who stood in loco parentis to the de-

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