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title: "38 U.S.C. § 3510"
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title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
chapter_number: "35"
chapter_name: "SURVIVORS’ AND DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE"
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# 38 U.S.C. § 3510 - Eligibility and entitlement generally

## Text

Each eligible person shall, subject to the provisions of this chapter, be entitled to receive educational assistance.

(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1194, § 1710; renumbered § 3510, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 1710 of this title as this section.