38 CFR §3.803
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- (a)Payment of naval pension will be authorized on the basis of a certification by the Secretary of the Navy.
- (b)Awards of naval pension in effect prior to July 14, 1943, or renewed or continued may be paid concurrently with Department of Veterans Affairs pension or compensation; however, naval pension allowance under 10 U.S.C. 6160 may not exceed one-fourth of the rate of disability pension or compensation otherwise payable, exclusive of additional allowances for dependents or specific disabilities.
- (c)New awards of naval pension may not be made concurrently with Department of Veterans Affairs pension or compensation.
- (d)Naval pension remaining unpaid at the date of the veteran's death is not payable by the Department of Veterans Affairs as an accrued benefit.