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[CITE: 38USC1153]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
   CHAPTER 11--COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH
 
             SUBCHAPTER VI--GENERAL COMPENSATION PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1153. Aggravation

    A preexisting injury or disease will be considered to have been 
aggravated by active military, naval, or air service, where there is an 
increase in disability during such service, unless there is a specific 
finding that the increase in disability is due to the natural progress 
of the disease.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1124, Sec. 353; renumbered 
Sec. 1153, Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 353 of this title as this 
section.
