{"identifier":"/us/usc/t38/s1523","title":38,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1523.","heading":"Combination of ratings","text":"\u00a7\u202f1523.\nCombination of ratings\n(a) The Secretary shall provide that, for the purpose of determining whether or not a veteran is permanently and totally disabled, ratings for service-connected disabilities may be combined with ratings for non-service-connected disabilities.\n(b) Where a veteran, by virtue of subsection (a), is found to be entitled to a pension under\nsection 1521 of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t38/s1523.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1523","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1523."},{"t":"heading","text":"Combination of ratings"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1523/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" The Secretary shall provide that, for the purpose of determining whether or not a veteran is permanently and totally disabled, ratings for service-connected disabilities may be combined with ratings for non-service-connected disabilities.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1523/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" Where a veteran, by virtue of subsection (a), is found to be entitled to a pension under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1521 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t38/s1521","tail":", and is entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability, the Secretary shall pay such veteran the greater benefit."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}