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    38 USC Sec. 1111                                            01/19/04

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    TITLE 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS

    PART II - GENERAL BENEFITS

    CHAPTER 11 - COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH

    SUBCHAPTER II - WARTIME DISABILITY COMPENSATION

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    Sec. 1111. Presumption of sound condition

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      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.

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    (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.)

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                                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".

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                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               

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