Compensation shall be payable under this act only to any veteran who was a legal resident of this Commonwealth. Compensation shall be computed on the basis of twenty-five dollars ($25) for every month, or major fraction thereof, of active service in Vietnam theatre of operations as defined for the award of the Vietnam Service Medal, or spent in military hospitals as a result of service-connected wounds, diseases, or injuries, sustained or acquired in such Vietnam theatre of operations. The compensation of a veteran who died in the active armed forces duty in the Vietnam theatre of operations or as a result of disease, wound, or injury incurred in the Vietnam theatre of operations, or those missing in action who have not been declared dead or captured shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000). No veteran, except a veteran who has been declared missing in action or who died in active military, naval or air service during the period set forth in section 2 of this act shall be entitled to receive compensation under this act in a sum to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750).
51 P.S. § 20123