Historical development of pensions for surviving spouses and children of veterans of the Indian wars, Civil War, Spanish-American War, Mexican border period, World Wars I and II, Korean conflict, and Vietnam era, including rates and certain elements of entitlement-Continued

Interval
between
end of

period
and law

Rate for surviving spouse or
surviving spouse with child

Rate for child (no surviving
spouse)

Interval between end of period
and delimiting marriage date

Income and dependency limitations

Pension not payable to any sur-
viving spouse without child,
or a child, if annual income
exceeds $1,000, or to spouse
with child or children if an-
nual income exceeds $2,500.
In determining annual in-
come, payments of war-risk
term insurance, U.S. Gov-
ernment life (converted)
insurance, and payments
under World War Adjusted
Compensation Act, as
amended, and Adjusted
Compensation Payment A
1936, as amended, may not
be considered.

In determining annual income
any payments by the U.S.
Government because of disa-
bility or death under laws
administered by the Veter-
ans' Administration may not
be considered.

Do.

25 years... $30, surviving spouse only.
$38, surviving spouse, 1 child.
$4, each additional child.
$64, limit.

$35, surviving spouse only.
$45, surviving spouse, 1 child.
$5, each additional child.
$64, total limit.

$35, surviving spouse only.
$45, surviving spouse, 1 child.
$5, each additional child.
$74, total limit.

$15, 1 child.

$22, 2 children (equally divided).
$30, 3 children (equally divided).
$3, each additional child
(equally divided).

$64, limit.

$18, no surviving spouse, 1 child.
$27, 2 children (equally divided).
$36, 3 children (equally divided).
$4, each additional child
(equally divided).
$64, limit.
$18, 1 child.

$27, 2 children (equally divided).
$36, 3 children (equally divided).
$4, each additional child
(equally divided).
$74, limit.

of death pension payable to
$21.60, 1 child.

Repealed limitations on amount
surviving spouses and children.
$42, surviving spouse only.
$54, surviving spouse, 1 child.
$6, each additional child.

$32.40, 2 children (equally divided).

$43.20, 3 children (equally di

$4.

vided).

do.

26 years (Dec. 13, 1944) (or 10 or more years to the person who served).

Historical development of pensions for surviving spouses' and children of veterans of the Indian wars, Civil War, Spanish-American War, Mexican border period, World Wars I and II, Korean conflict, and Vietnam era, including rates and certain elements of entitlement-Continued

World War I

This act restated and enacted
into positive law as title 38,
U.S.C., effective Jan. 1,
1959, the then existing law
providing this benefit (act
of June 17, 1957, as amended
by acts of Aug. 28, 1957,
and Sept. 7, 1957).
Effective July 1, 1960.
Excludes from consideration
as income payments of the 6-
months' death gratuity; do-
nations from welfare organi-
zations; VA payments of
pension, compensation, de-
pendency and indemnity
compensation, insurance, or
servicemen's indemnity; so-
cial security lump sum
death payments; retirement
benefits equal to contribu-
tions; amounts equal to
amounts paid for the vet-
eran's just debts, the ex-
penses of last illness and ex-
penses or burial not reim-
bursed by the Veterans'
Administration; proceeds of
fire insurance policies and
earned income of children.
All waived income counts.
Eliminates exclusion from in-
come of annuities paid by
service departments to sur-
vivors of deceased retired
members of the Armed
Forces, which was provided
by sec. 11, act of Aug 8,
1053 (codified by act of
Aug. 10, 1956 as 10 U.S.C.
1441).

Net worth may result in denial of pension.

Bavings provision protects persons on pension rolls on

June 30, 1900, unless they

aleet nension under this act.