Eligible person
(a) Eligible person means: (1) A child of a: (i) Veteran who died of a service-connected disability. (ii) Veteran who died while having a disability evaluated as total and permanent in nature resulting from a service-connected disability. (iii) Veteran, serviceman or servicewoman who has a total disability permanent in nature resulting from a service-connected disability. (iv) Person who is on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces and who now is, and, for a period of more than 90 days, has been, listed by the Secretary concerned as missing in action, captured in line of duty by a hostile force, or forcibly detained or interned in line of duty by a foreign government or power. (2) The surviving spouse of a: (i) Veteran who died of a service-connected disability. (ii) Veteran who died while having a disability evaluated as total and permanent in nature resulting from a service-connected disability, arising out of active military, naval or air service after the beginning of the Spanish-American War. (See 3.6(a) and 3.807 of this chapter.) (3) The spouse of a: (i) Veteran, serviceman or servicewoman who has a total disability permanent in nature resulting from a service-connected disability. (ii) Person who is on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces and who now is, and, for a period of more than 90 days, has been, listed by the Secretary concerned as missing in action, captured in line of duty by a hostile force, or forcibly detained or interned in line of duty by a foreign government or power.