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 95 STAT. 1028

PUBLIC LAW 97-66—OCT. 17, 1981 (1) in subsection G), by striking out "both hands, or"; (2) in subsection (m), by striking out "two extremities at a level, or with complications, preventing natural elbow or knee action with prosthesis" and inserting in lieu thereof "both hands, or of both legs at a level, or with complications, preventing natural knee action with prostheses in place, or of one arm and one leg at levels, or with complications, preventing natural elbow and knee action with prostheses"; (3) in subsection (n), by striking out "of two extremities so near the shoulder or hip as to prevent the use of a prosthetic appliance" and inserting in lieu thereof "or loss of use of both arms at levels, or with complications, preventing natural elbow action with prostheses in place, has suffered the anatomical loss of both legs so near the hip as to prevent the use of prosthetic appliances, or has suffered the anatomical loss of one arm and one leg so near the shoulder and hip as to prevent the use of prosthetic appliances,"; and (4) in subsection (o), by inserting "or if the veteran has suffered the anatomical loss of both arms so near the shoulder as to prevent the use of prosthetic appliances," after "less,". TITLE n-^URVIVORS' DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION BENEFITS INCREASES IN RATES OF DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES

94 Stat. 1529. 38 USC 411.

SEC. 201. (a) SubsectioD (a) of section 411 is amended to read as follow-

"(a) Dependency and indemnity compensation shall be paid to a surviving spouse, based on the pay grade of the person upon whose death entitlement is predicated, at monthly rates set forth in the following table: "Pay grade EM E-2 E-3 E-4 E-5 E-6 E-7 E-8 E-9 W-1 W-2 W-3

Monthly rate $415 428 438 466 479 490 514 542 »567 525 546 562

"Pay grade W-4 0-1 0-2 0-3 0-4 0-5 0-6 0-7 0-8 0-9 O-IO

Monthly rate $595 525 542 580 613 676 761 824 903 970 21^061

" * If the veteran served aa sergeant nugor of the Army, senior enlisted advisor of the Navy, chief master sergeant of the Air Force, sergeant me^r of the Marine Corps, or master chief petty officer of the Coast Guard, at the applicable time designated by section 402 of this title, the surviving spouse's rate shall be $610. "2 If the veteran served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Stetff, Chief of Staff of the Army, Chief of Naval Operations, Chief of Sttdff of the Air Force, or Commandant of the Marine Corps, at the applicable time designated by section 402 of this title, the surviving spouse's rate shall be $1,138.".

(b) Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking out "$43" and inserting in lieu thereof "$48". (c) Subsection (c) of such section is amended by striking out "$112" and inserting in lieu thereof "$125".

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