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[CITE: 38USC1137]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
   CHAPTER 11--COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH
 
            SUBCHAPTER IV--PEACETIME DISABILITY COMPENSATION
 
Sec. 1137. Wartime presumptions for certain veterans

    For the purposes of this subchapter and subchapter V of this chapter 
and notwithstanding the provisions of sections 1132 and 1133 of this 
subchapter, the provisions of sections 1111, 1112, and 1113 of this 
chapter shall be applicable in the case of any veteran who served in the 
active military, naval, or air service after December 31, 1946.

(Added Pub. L. 89-358, Sec. 7(a), Mar. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 27, Sec. 337; 
amended Pub. L. 93-295, title II, Sec. 205, May 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 183; 
renumbered Sec. 1137 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 337 of this 
title as this section.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``1132 and 1133'' for 
``332 and 333'' and ``1111, 1112, and 1113'' for ``311, 312, and 313''.
    1974--Pub. L. 93-295 substituted ``December 31, 1946'' for ``January 
31, 1955''.


                    Effective Date of 1974 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 93-295 effective May 1, 1974, see section 401 
of Pub. L. 93-295, set out as a note under section 1114 of this title.
