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Show Veterans' News ! An estimated 12,000 widows of veterans may be eligible for Vet-1 erans "Administration benefits because be-cause of recently enacted Public 'Law 85-209,- liberalizing the defini-; tion of "widow." ! Under the new law, the date of her marriage to the veteran will; i not disqualify a widow for VA i benefits if a child was born of! the marriage, or, if no child was' born, the marriage existed for at; least five years. I Most laws providing for widows' oenefits from VA contain a mar-; riage cut-off date as an element: of entitlement, with many differ-! lent dates for varying benefits and; , periods of service. v j |
