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    38 USC Sec. 1137                                            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 IV - PEACETIME DISABILITY COMPENSATION

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    Sec. 1137. Wartime presumptions for certain veterans

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      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.

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    (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.)

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                                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.