Additional compensation for dependents

§ 315. Additional compensation for dependents (a) Any veteran entitled to compensation at the rates provided in section 314 of this title, and whose disability is rated not less than 50 per centum, shall be entitled to additional compensation for dependents in the following monthly amounts: (1) If and while rated totally disabled and— (A) has a wife but no child living, $23; (B) has a wife and one child living, $39; (C) has a wife and two children living, $50; (D) has a wife and three or more children living, $62; (E) has no wife but one child living, $15; 72 Stat. 1122 (F) has no wife but two children living, $27; (G) has no wife but three or more children living, $39; and (H) has a mother or father, either or both dependent upon him for support, then, in addition to the above amounts, $19 for each parent so dependent. (2) If and while rated partially disabled, but not less than 50 per centum, in an amount having the same ratio to the amount specified in paragraph (1) as the degree of his disability bears to total disability. The amounts payable under this paragraph shall be adjusted upward or downward to the nearest dollar, counting fifty cents and over as a whole dollar. (b) The additional compensation for a dependent or dependents provided by this section shall not be payable to any veteran during any period he is in receipt of an increased rate of subsistence allowance or education and training allowance on account of a dependent or dependents under any other law administered by the Veterans’ Administration. The veteran may elect to receive whichever is the greater.