Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866:section:8:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8 (pt 3/3)
Character Range: 285181–286067

an injury or disease, being injury or disease that has been contributed to in a material degree by, or aggravated by, eligible war service rendered by the veteran, unless the veteran has rendered operational service or the period of the eligible war service rendered by the veteran that so contributed to the injury or disease, or by which the injury or disease was aggravated, was 6 months or longer.
 (6) Despite subsection (1), the death of a veteran is taken not to have been war‑caused if the veteran's death is related to the veteran's eligible war service only because:
 (a) in the case of a veteran who had not used tobacco products before 1 January 1998—the veteran used tobacco products after 31 December 1997; or
 (b) in the case of a veteran who had used tobacco products before 1 January 1998—the veteran increased his or her use of tobacco products after 31 December 1997.