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HRD-83-51 1 (1983-05-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmzg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE I IUf WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION B-206911 MAY 27,1983 The Honorable G. V. Montgomery Chairman, Committee on Veterans' Affairs House of Representatives 121477 Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Death Benefits Restored to Veterans' Widows Whose Remarriages End (GAO/HRD-83-51) You asked for information on the restoration of death benefits to veterans' widows after their remarriages terminate. Death benefits are stopped when a veteran's widow remarries. If the remarriage is terminated, the widow is entitled to restora- tion of benefits. The Veterans Administration (VA) could not provide informa- tion on the'total number of widows receiving death benefits based on remarriage termination. VA did, however, provide in- formation on widows whose death benefits were restored in the fourth quarter of fiscal -year 1982. Based on this information we estimate that VA paid $6 million in fiscal year 1982 to about 1,976 widows whose benefits were restored .sometime during that year: --$1.3 million in death pension benefits to 712 widows and -$4.7 million in dependency and indemnity compensation to 1,264 widows. If these widows had received benefits for a full year, VA would have paid them about $9.4 million. Our findings, scope, and methodology are discussed in enclosure I. (400482) c5G257c.

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