§ 161.10 - Benefits for active duty members of the uniformed services.

§ 161.10 Benefits for active duty members of the uniformed services.

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Link to an amendment published at 89 FR 11180, Feb. 14, 2024.

This section describes the benefits for active duty uniformed services members and their eligible dependents administered by the uniformed services in accordance with 10 U.S.C. chapter 55. Descriptions of benefits for National Guard and Reserve members and their eligible dependents are contained in § 161.11. Descriptions of benefits for surviving dependents of active duty uniformed services members are contained in § 161.17.

(a) Active duty service members. Active duty uniformed services members are eligible for benefits administered by the uniformed services as shown in Table 1 to this subpart.

Table 1 to Subpart C of Part 161—Benefits for Active Duty Members, Not Including National Guard or Reserve Members

	CHC	DC	C	MWR	E
Member (Self)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes.

(b) Dependents of active duty members. Dependents of active duty members are eligible for benefits as shown in Table 2 to this subpart. Benefits for the eligible dependents of National Guard or Reserve members, non-regular Service retirees not yet age 60, or members entitled to retired pay or who are in receipt of retired pay for non-regular service, and non-regular Service retirees who are not in receipt of retired pay are identified in §§ 161.11 through 161.14.

Table 2 to Subpart C of Part 161—Benefits for Dependents of Active Duty Members

	CHC	DC	C	MWR	E
Spouse	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes.
Children, Unmarried, Under 21 Years:
Legitimate, adopted, stepchild, illegitimate child of record of female member, or illegitimate child of male member whose paternity has been judicially determined or voluntarily acknowledged	Yes	Yes	1	1	1.
Ward	3	3	3	3	3.
Pre-adoptive Child	4	4	1, 4	1, 4	1, 4.
Foster Child	No	No	1	1	1.
Children, Unmarried, 21 Years and Over	5	5	6	6	6.
Parent, Parent-in-Law, Stepparent, or Parent by Adoption	No	2	2	2	2.

Notes:

1. Yes, if dependent on an authorized sponsor for over 50 percent of the child's support.

2. Yes, if dependent on an authorized sponsor for over 50 percent of the parent's support and residing in the sponsor's household.

3. Yes, if, for determination of dependency made on or after July 1, 1994, placed in the legal custody of the member as a result of a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States (or possession of the United States) for a period of at least 12 consecutive months; and:

a. Is dependent on the member for over 50 percent support.

b. Resides with the member unless separated by the necessity of uniformed service or to receive institutional care as a result of a disability or incapacitation or under such other circumstances as the administering Secretary or Director may, by regulation, prescribe.

4. Yes, if, for determinations of dependency made on or after October 5, 1994, placed in the home of the member by a placement agency (recognized by the Secretary of Defense) or by another organization authorized by State or local law to provide adoption placement, in anticipation of the legal adoption by the member.

5. Yes, if the child:

a. Has not attained the age of 23, is enrolled in a full-time course of study at an institution of higher learning approved by the administering Secretary and is dependent on the member for over 50 percent of the child's support; or

b. Is incapable of self-support because of a mental or physical incapacity that existed before age 21, or occurred before the age of 23 while a full-time student , while a dependent of a member and is dependent on the member for over 50 percent of the child's support.

6. Yes, if the child:

a. Has not attained the age of 23, is enrolled in a full-time course of study at an institution of higher learning approved by the administering Secretary and is dependent on the member for over 50 percent of the child's support; or

b. Is incapable of self-support because of a mental or physical incapacity and is dependent on the member for over 50 percent of the child's support.

[81 FR 74879, Oct. 27, 2016, as amended at 89 FR 11180, Feb. 14, 2024]