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[CITE: 38USC1132]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
   CHAPTER 11--COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH
 
            SUBCHAPTER IV--PEACETIME DISABILITY COMPENSATION
 
Sec. 1132. Presumption of sound condition

    For the purposes of section 1131 of this title, every person 
employed in the active military, naval, or air service for six months or 
more 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 evidence or medical judgment is such as to warrant 
a finding that the disease or injury existed before acceptance and 
enrollment.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1122, Sec. 332; renumbered 
Sec. 1132 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 332 of this 
title as this section.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``1131'' for ``331''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

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