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Code · CFR · Title 38 — Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief · Part 3 · § 3.30

§ 3.30. Frequency of payment of improved pension and parents' dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC).

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Payment shall be made as shown in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and
(f)of this section; however, beneficiaries receiving payment less frequently than monthly may elect to receive payment monthly in cases in which other Federal benefits would otherwise be denied. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501)
(a)Improved pension---Monthly. Payment shall be made monthly if the annual rate payable is \$228 or more.
(b)Improved pension---Quarterly. Payment shall be made every 3 months on or about March 1, June 1, September l, and December 1, if the annual rate payable is at least \$144 but less than \$228.
(c)Improved pension---Semiannually. Payment shall be made every 6 months on or about June 1, and December 1, if the annual rate payable is at least \$72 but less than \$144.
(d)Improved pension---Annually. Payment shall be made annually on or about June 1, if the annual rate payable is less than \$72. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1508)
(e)Parents' DIC---Semiannually. Benefits shall be paid every 6 months on or about June 1, and December 1, if the amount of the annual benefit is less than 4 percent of the maximum annual rate payable under 38 U.S.C. 1315.
(f)Payment of less than one dollar. Payments of less than \$1 shall not be made. Cross Reference: Pension. See § 3.3(a)(3), (b)(4). \[44 FR 45935, Aug. 6, 1979, as amended at 51 FR 1790, Jan. 15, 1986; 53 FR 7903, Mar. 11, 1988; 57 FR 10425, Mar. 26, 1992; 71 FR 52290, Sept. 5, 2006\]
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