dependency and indemnity compensation to parents

dependency and indemnity compensation to parents Sec. 205. (a) Dependency and indemnity compensation shall be paid monthly under this title to parents of a deceased person in the amounts prescribed by this section. (b) Except as provided in subsection (d), if there is only one parent, dependency and indemnity compensation shall be paid to him 70 Stat. 864 at a monthly rate equal to the amount under column II of the following table opposite his total annual income as shown in column I: Column I Column II Total annual income More than— Equal to or but less than— $750 $75. $750 $1,000 $60. $1,000 $1,250 $45. $1,250 $1,500 $30. $1,500 $1,750 $15. $1,750 _ _ _ _ _ _ No amount payable. (c) Except as provided in subsection (d), if there are two parents, but they are not living together, dependency and indemnity compensation shall be paid to each at a monthly rate equal to the amount under column II of the following table opposite the total annual income of each as shown in column I: Column I Column II Total annual income More than— Equal to or but less than— $750 $50. $750 $1,000 $40. $1,000 $1,250 $30. $1,250 $1,500 $20. $1,500 $1,750 $10. $1,750 _ _ _ _ _ _ No amount payable. (d) If there are two parents who are living together, or if a parent has remarried and is living with his spouse, dependency and indemnity compensation shall be paid to each such parent at a monthly rate equal to the amount under column II of the following table opposite the total combined annual income of the parents, or of the parent and his spouse, as the case may be, as shown in column I: Column I Column II Total combined annual income More than— Equal to or but less than— $1,000 $50. $1,000 $1,350 $40. $1,350 $1,700 $30. $1,700 $2,050 $20. $2,050 $2,400 $10. $2,400 _ _ _ _ _ _ No amount payable. (e) The Administrator shall require as a condition of granting or continuing dependency and indemnity compensation to a parent that such parent file each year with him (on the form prescribed by him) a report showing the total income which such parent expects to receive in that year and the total income which such parent received in the preceding year. The parent or parents shall file with the Adminis-70 Stat. 865trator a revised report whenever there is a material change in the estimated annual income. (f) If the Administrator ascertains that there have been overpayments to a parent under this section, he shall deduct such overpayments (unless waived) from any future payments made to such parent under this section. (g) (1) In determining income under this section, all payments of any kind or from any source shall be included, except— (A) payments of the six-months death gratuity; (B) donations from public or private relief or welfare organizations; (C) payments under this title; (D) payments of death or disability compensation under any other law administered by the Veterans’ Administration; (E) lump-sum death payments under title II of the Social Security Act. (2) The Administrator may provide by regulation for the exclusion from income under this section of amounts paid by a parent for unusual medical expenses.