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[CITE: 38USC1110]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
   CHAPTER 11--COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH
 
             SUBCHAPTER II--WARTIME DISABILITY COMPENSATION
 
Sec. 1110. Basic entitlement

    For disability resulting from personal injury suffered or disease 
contracted in line of duty, or for aggravation of a preexisting injury 
suffered or disease contracted in line of duty, in the active military, 
naval, or air service, during a period of war, the United States will 
pay to any veteran thus disabled and who was discharged or released 
under conditions other than dishonorable from the period of service in 
which said injury or disease was incurred, or preexisting injury or 
disease was aggravated, compensation as provided in this subchapter, but 
no compensation shall be paid if the disability is a result of the 
veteran's own willful misconduct or abuse of alcohol or drugs.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1119, Sec. 310; Pub. L. 101-
508, title VIII, Sec. 8052(a)(2), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-351; 
renumbered Sec. 1110, Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 
406; Pub. L. 105-178, title VIII, Sec. 8202(a), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 
492; Pub. L. 105-206, title IX, Sec. 9014(a), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 
865.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Pub. L. 105-178, which directed the substitution of ``, abuse 
of alcohol or drugs, or use of tobacco products'' for ``or abuse of 
alcohol or drugs'' before the period at end, was amended generally by 
Pub. L. 105-206, which provided that the amendments made by that section 
as originally enacted shall be treated for all purposes as not having 
been made. See Effective Date of 1998 Amendment note below.
    1991--Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 310 of this title as this 
section.
    1990--Pub. L. 101-508 substituted ``a result of the veteran's own 
willful misconduct or abuse of alcohol or drugs'' for ``the result of 
the veteran's own willful misconduct''.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Title IX of Pub. L. 105-206 effective simultaneously with enactment 
of Pub. L. 105-178 and to be treated as included in Pub. L. 105-178 at 
time of enactment, and provisions of Pub. L. 105-178 as in effect on day 
before July 22, 1998, that are amended by title IX of Pub. L. 105-206 to 
be treated as not enacted, see section 9016 of Pub. L. 105-206, set out 
as a note under section 101 of Title 23, Highways.


                    Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 101-508 effective with respect to claims filed 
after Oct. 31, 1990, see section 8052(b) of Pub. L. 101-508, set out as 
a note under section 105 of this title.


                     Construction of 1998 Amendment

    Pub. L. 105-206, title IX, Sec. 9014(a), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 
865, provided that section 8202 of Pub. L. 105-178 is amended generally 
and that the amendments made by that section as originally enacted shall 
be treated for all purposes as not having been made.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1111, 1112, 1114, 1116, 1118 
of this title.
