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    38 USC Sec. 1153                                            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 VI - GENERAL COMPENSATION PROVISIONS

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    Sec. 1153. Aggravation

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      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.

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    (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.)

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                                AMENDMENTS                            

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

    this section.