{"identifier":"/us/usc/t38/s1522","title":38,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1522.","heading":"Net worth limitation","text":"\u00a7\u202f1522.\nNet worth limitation\n(a) The Secretary shall deny or discontinue the payment of pension to a veteran under section 1513 or 1521 of this title when the corpus of the estate of the veteran or, if the veteran has a spouse, the corpus of the estates of the veteran and of the veteran\u2019s spouse is such that under all the circumstances, including consideration of the annual income of the veteran, the veteran\u2019s spouse, and the veteran\u2019s children, it is reasonable that some part of the corpus of such estates be consumed for the veteran\u2019s maintenance.\n(b) The Secretary shall deny or discontinue the payment of increased pension under subsection (c), (d), (e), or (f) of\nsection 1521 of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t38/s1522.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1522","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1522."},{"t":"heading","text":"Net worth limitation"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1522/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" The Secretary shall deny or discontinue the payment of pension to a veteran under section 1513 or 1521 of this title when the corpus of the estate of the veteran or, if the veteran has a spouse, the corpus of the estates of the veteran and of the veteran\u2019s spouse is such that under all the circumstances, including consideration of the annual income of the veteran, the veteran\u2019s spouse, and the veteran\u2019s children, it is reasonable that some part of the corpus of such estates be consumed for the veteran\u2019s maintenance.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1522/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" The Secretary shall deny or discontinue the payment of increased pension under subsection (c), (d), (e), or (f) of ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1521 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t38/s1521","tail":" on account of a child when the corpus of such child\u2019s estate is such that under all the circumstances, including consideration of the veteran\u2019s and spouse\u2019s income, and the income of the veteran\u2019s children, it is reasonable that some part of the corpus of such child\u2019s estate be consumed for the child\u2019s maintenance. During the period such denial or discontinuance remains in effect, such child shall not be considered as the veteran\u2019s child for purposes of this chapter."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}