38 U.S.C. § 1158
Disappearance
Where a veteran receiving compensation under this chapter disappears, the Secretary may pay the compensation otherwise payable to the veteran to such veteran’s spouse, children, and parents. Payments made to such spouse, child, or parent under the preceding sentence shall not exceed the amounts payable to each if the veteran had died from service-connected disability.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1995–2025 · leading case: Falzone v. Brown, 8 Vet. App. 398 (Vet. App. 1995).
Falzone v. Brown, 8 Vet. App. 398 (Vet. App. 1995). “However, the record is not adequately developed on the issue of an increase in severity since the Board merely rejected the reports of complaints during service as being symptomatic of a temporary increase in severity. Falzone, BVA 93-_, at 5; R.”
Nehmer v. US Vets. Administ (N.D. Cal. 2025). “816 (f)(1) (codifying past orders affirmed by our court of appeals). 5 The instant motion arises because class counsel did not find an eligible payee for 1,137 6 deceased Vietnam War Veterans whose cases have been readjudicated by the VA in their 7 favor.”
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