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[CITE: 38USC1111]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
   CHAPTER 11--COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH
 
             SUBCHAPTER II--WARTIME DISABILITY COMPENSATION
 
Sec. 1111. Presumption of sound condition

    For the purposes of section 1110 of this title, every veteran shall 
be taken to have been in sound condition when examined, accepted, and 
enrolled for service, except as to defects, infirmities, or disorders 
noted at the time of the examination, acceptance, and enrollment, or 
where clear and unmistakable evidence demonstrates that the injury or 
disease existed before acceptance and enrollment and was not aggravated 
by such service.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1119, Sec. 311; renumbered 
Sec. 1111 and amended Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 
105 Stat. 406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 311 of this 
title as this section.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``1110'' for ``310''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1137 of this title.
