A state pension of $3,000 a year, paid monthly, for a Delaware resident veteran who is paraplegic with no voluntary control over either leg, rated totally disabled by VA for it, where the disability came from wartime service.
Also called: 20 Del. C. 1001, paraplegic pension, $3,000, Pension Board of Trustees, Office of Pensions, wartime service.
Title 20, section 1001 pays each eligible veteran with paraplegia $3,000 a year in equal monthly installments at the end of each month.
Four conditions, all filed as evidence with the Board of Pension Trustees. The veteran is paraplegic and "fully disabled to the extent that the veteran has no voluntary control over either leg". The veteran is on VA's rolls "as totally disabled" for that cause. The disability "is a direct result of service in the armed forces of the United States while the United States was officially at war or during a period when the United States was engaged in hostilities with another nation as a member of the United Nations". And the veteran is a bona fide resident of Delaware.
The wartime condition is written for the Korean War, when the United States fought as a member of a United Nations command, and for declared wars. Whether Vietnam, the Gulf War or the wars since 2001 count depends on how the Board reads "officially at war" and "hostilities with another nation"; none of them was a declared war, and the Gulf War was authorized by a United Nations resolution. A veteran whose paraplegia comes from post-1990 service should apply and make the argument rather than assume.
If the veteran stops being totally disabled, they must notify the Board at once and the pension stops. The $3,000 is a fixed figure in the statute and is not indexed.
Apply through the Delaware Office of Pensions.
Thresholds
Thresholds for Delaware Pension for Veterans With Paraplegia
Gate
Rule
Rated totally disabled by VA for paraplegia
20 Del. C. § 1001(b)(2): "listed on the rolls of the United States Veterans Administration as totally disabled" for paraplegia with no voluntary control over either leg.
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