10-U.S.C.-6160
§6160 – Pension to Persons Serving Ten Years
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- Reference: Section 6160
- Legend: §6160 – Pension to Persons Serving Ten Years
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(a) Every disabled person who has served in the Navy or Marine Corps as an enlisted member or petty officer, or both, for ten or more years, and has not been discharged for misconduct, may apply to the Secretary of the Navy for aid.
(b) Upon receipt of an application under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy may convene a board of not less than three naval officers (one of whom shall be a surgeon) to examine into the condition of the applicant, and to recommend a suitable amount for his relief, and for a specified time. If the Secretary of the Navy approves the recommendation, he shall so certify to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, who shall pay a pension in such amount monthly to the applicant.
(c) No naval pension under this section shall be paid at a rate in excess of the rate payable to a veteran of World War I for permanent and total non-service-connected disability, unless the applicants disability is service-connected, in which case the naval pension payable to him shall not exceed the rate of disability compensation payable for total disability to a veteran of any war, or of peacetime service, as the case may be. In the case of any initial award of naval pension granted before July 14, 1943, where the person granted the naval pension is also entitled to pension or compensation under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, such naval pension shall not exceed one-fourth of such pension or compensation.
(Added Pub. L. 85–56, title XXII, §2201(31)(C), June 17, 1957, 71 Stat. 161; amended Pub. L. 85–857, §13(v)(4), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1268; Pub. L. 99–145, title XIII, §1301(c)(1), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 736; Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title XVI, §1621(a)(2), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1603; Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIV, §1484(j)(4), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1719.)
Amendments
1990—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–510 substituted Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Veterans’ Administration.
1989—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–189 substituted Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs.
1985—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–145 substituted enlisted member for enlisted man.
1958—Pub. L. 85–857 limited naval pensions granted before July 14, 1943 to not more than one-fourth of any pension or compensation which the person is entitled to receive under laws administered by the Veterans’ Administration.
Effective Date of 1958 Amendment
Pub. L. 85–857, §13(v)(4), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1268, provided that the amendment made by that section is effective as of Jan. 1, 1958.
Effective Date
Section effective Jan. 1, 1958, see section 2301 of Pub. L. 85–56.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
10-U.S.C.-6112 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Navy
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10-U.S.C.-6159 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Navy Personnel
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