Source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/38/1131
Timestamp: 2014-07-24 02:57:25
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1131', '§ 1131', '§ 1131', '§ 331', '§ 8052', '§ 1131', '§ 5', '§ 8202', '§ 9014', '§ 9014']

38 U.S. Code § 1131 - Basic entitlement | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 38 › Part II › Chapter 11 › Subchapter IV › § 1131 38 U.S. Code § 1131 - Basic entitlement
For disability resulting from personal injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty, or for aggravation of a preexisting injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty, in the active military, naval, or air service, during other than a period of war, the United States will pay to any veteran thus disabled and who was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable from the period of service in which said injury or disease was incurred, or preexisting injury or disease was aggravated, compensation as provided in this subchapter, but no compensation shall be paid if the disability is a result of the veteran’s own willful misconduct or abuse of alcohol or drugs.
(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1122, § 331; Pub. L. 101–508, title VIII, § 8052(a)(3),Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–351; renumbered § 1131,Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a),Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 105–178, title VIII, § 8202(b),June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 492; Pub. L. 105–206, title IX, § 9014(a),July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 865.)
1998—Pub. L. 105–178, which directed the substitution of “, abuse of alcohol or drugs, or use of tobacco products” for “or abuse of alcohol or drugs” before the period at end, was amended generally by Pub. L. 105–206, which provided that the amendments made by that section as originally enacted shall be treated for all purposes as not having been made. See Effective Date of 1998 Amendment note below.
1991—Pub. L. 102–83renumbered section 331 of this title as this section.
1990—Pub. L. 101–508substituted “a result of the veteran’s own willful misconduct or abuse of alcohol or drugs” for “the result of the veteran’s own willful misconduct”.
Amendment by Pub. L. 101–508effective with respect to claims filed after Oct. 31, 1990, see section 8052(b) ofPub. L. 101–508, set out as a note under section 105 of this title.
Pub. L. 105–206, title IX, § 9014(a),July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 865, provided that section 8202 ofPub. L. 105–178is amended generally and that the amendments made by that section as originally enacted shall be treated for all purposes as not having been made.