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title: "38 U.S.C. § 1504"
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title_name: "VETERANS BENEFITS"
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# 38 U.S.C. § 1504 - Persons heretofore having a pensionable status
## Text
The pension benefits of subchapters II and III of this chapter shall, notwithstanding the service requirements of such subchapters, be granted to persons heretofore recognized by law as having a pensionable status.
(Pub. L. 85857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1134, § 504; renumbered § 1504, Pub. L. 10283, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Prior ProvisionsPrior section 1504 was renumbered section 3104 of this title. Another prior section 1504, Pub. L. 85857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1172; Pub. L. 89137, § 1(a), Aug. 26, 1965, 79 Stat. 576; Pub. L. 90431, July 26, 1968, 82 Stat. 447; Pub. L. 91219, title I, § 101, Mar. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 76; Pub. L. 92540, title I, § 101(2), Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 1074; Pub. L. 93508, title I, § 101(3), Dec. 3, 1974, 88 Stat. 1579; Pub. L. 93602, title II, § 202, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1958; Pub. L. 94502, title I, §§ 101, 104(4), Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 2383, 2384; Pub. L. 95202, title I, § 101, Nov. 23, 1977, 91 Stat. 1433, related to subsistence allowances to be paid veterans while pursuing a course of vocational rehabilitation training under chapter 31 of this title, prior to repeal, effective Oct. 1, 1980, by Pub. L. 96466, title VIII, § 802(a)(4), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2218. See section 3108 of this title.
Amendments1991—Pub. L. 10283 renumbered section 504 of this title as this section.