§ 13.75 - Beneficiaries in penal institutions.

(a) All beneficiaries; 38 U.S.C. 1505(a). No Department of Veterans Affairs pension may be paid to or for any individual imprisoned in a penal institution as a result of conviction of a felony or misdemeanor for the period beginning 61 days after imprisonment and ending when imprisonment ends.

(b) Incompetent veterans; 38 U.S.C. 5503 (b)(1). In addition to paragraph (a) of this section as to payment in pension cases, the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 5503(b)(1) governing payment of compensation, pension or emergency officers’ retirement pay to an incompetent veteran are applicable during his or her confinement in a penal institution whether awaiting trial, sentence or after conviction.