38 U.S.C. § 1137 : Veterans’ Benefits — Compensation For Service-Connected Disability Or Death — Peacetime Disability Compensation — General Benefits — Wartime Presumptions For Certain Veterans

7 Mar 2017

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.

(Added Pub. L. 89–358, § 7(a), Mar. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 27, § 337; amended Pub. L. 93–295, title II, § 205, May 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 183; renumbered § 1137 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)


Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), renumbered section 337 of this title as this section.

Pub. L. 102–83, § 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.