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PUBLIC LAW 87-825-OCT. 15, 1962

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application was filed for correction of the military record or for the change, modification, or correction of a discharge or dismissal, as the case may be, or the date such disallowed claim was filed, whichever date is the later, but in no event shall such award of benefits be retroactive for more than one year from the date of reopening of such disallowed claim. This subsection shall not apply to any application or claim for Government life insurance benefits. " (j) Where a report or a finding of death of any person in the active military, naval, or air service has been made by the Secretary concerned, the effective date of an award of death compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, or death pension, as applicable, shall be the first day of the month fixed by the Secretary as the month of death in such report or finding, if application therefor is received within one year from the date such report or finding has been made; however, such benefits shall not be payable to any person for any period for which such person has received, or was entitled to receive, an allowance, allotment, or service pay of the deceased. ' " (k) The effective date of the award of benefits to a widow or of an award or increase of benefits based on recognition of a child, upon annulment of a marriage shall be the date the judicial decree of annulment becomes final if a claim therefor is filed within one year from the date the judicial decree of annulment becomes final; in all other cases the effective date shall be the date the claim is filed." SEC. 2. Section 3012 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by compensation, striking out subsection (b), and by amending subsection (c) to read c^ol'tiniumce.'^^^" as follows: 72 Stat. 1227. " (b) The effective date of a reduction or discontinuance of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, or pension— " (1) by reason of marriage or remarriage, or death of a payee shall be the last day of the month before such marriage, remarriage, or death occurs; " (2) by reason of marriage, divorce, or death of a dependent of a payee shall be the last day of the month in which such marriage, divorce, or death occurs; " (3) by reason of receipt of active service pay or retirement pay shall be the day before the date such pay began; " (4) by reason of change in income or corpus of estate shall be the last day of the month in which the change occurred; "(5) by reason of a change in disability or employability of a veteran in receipt of pension shall be the last day of the month in which discontinuance of the award is approved; '' (6) by reason of change in law or administrative issue, change in interpretation of a law- or administrative issue, or, for compensation purposes, a change in service-connected or employability status or change in physical condition shall be the last day of the month following sixty days from the date of notice to the payee (at his last address of record) of the reduction or discontinuance; "(7) by reason of the discontinuance of school attendance of a payee or a dependent of a payee shall be the last day of the month in which such discontinuance occurred; "(8) by reason of termination of a temporary increase in compensation for hospitalization or treatment shall be the last day of the month in which the hospital discharge or termination of treatment occurred, whichever is earlier; "(9) by reason of an erroneous award based on an act of commission or omission by the beneficiary, or with his knowledge, shall be the effective date of the award; and " (10) by reason of an erroneous award based solely on administrative error or error in judgment shall be the date of last payment."

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