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[CITE: 38USC1159]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
   CHAPTER 11--COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH
 
             SUBCHAPTER VI--GENERAL COMPENSATION PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1159. Protection of service connection

    Service connection for any disability or death granted under this 
title which has been in force for ten or more years shall not be severed 
on or after January 1, 1962, except upon a showing that the original 
grant of service connection was based on fraud or it is clearly shown 
from military records that the person concerned did not have the 
requisite service or character of discharge. The mentioned period shall 
be computed from the date determined by the Secretary as the date on 
which the status commenced for rating purposes.

(Added Pub. L. 86-501, Sec. 1, June 10, 1960, 74 Stat. 195, Sec. 359; 
amended Pub. L. 87-825, Sec. 6, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 950; renumbered 
Sec. 1159 and amended Pub. L. 102-83, Secs. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), Aug. 
6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404-406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 359 of this 
title as this section.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator''.
    1962--Pub. L. 87-825 provided for computation of the period from the 
date the administrator determines as the date the status commenced for 
rating purposes.


                    Effective Date of 1962 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 87-825 effective first day of second calendar 
month which begins after Oct. 15, 1962, see section 7 of Pub. L. 87-825, 
set out as a note under section 110 of this title.
