Dependent parents and dependent husbands

§ 102. Dependent parents and dependent husbands (a) (1) Dependency of a parent, which may arise before or after the death of a veteran, shall be determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Administrator. (2) Except for purposes of chapter 33 of this title, dependency of a parent shall not be denied (A) solely because of remarriage, or (B) in any case in any State where the monthly income for a mother or father, not living together, is not more than $105, or where the monthly income for a mother and father living together, is not more than $175, plus, in either case, $45, for each additional member of the family whom the father or mother is under a moral or legal obligation to support, as determined by the Administrator. (3) For the purposes of this subsection in determining monthly income the Administrator shall not consider any payments under laws administered by the Veterans’ Administration because of disability or death or payments of bonus or similar cash gratuity by any State based upon service in the Armed Forces. (b) For the purposes of this title (except chapters 19 and 33). (1) the term “wife” includes the husband of any female veteran if such husband is incapable of self-maintenance and is permanently incapable of self-support due to mental or physical disability; and (2) the term “widow” includes the widower of any female veteran if such widower is incapable of self-maintenance and was permanently incapable of self-support due to physical or mental disability at the time of the veteran’s death.