2015 Indiana Code TITLE 10. PUBLIC SAFETY ARTICLE 17. VETERANS' AFFAIRS CHAPTER 5. VETERAN BENEFITS
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IC 10-17-5
Chapter 5. Veteran Benefits
IC 10-17-5-1
World War II benefits to veterans of other wars
Sec. 1. A person who:
(1) served in the:
(A) armed forces of the United States in World War II;
(B) active military or naval service on or after September 16,
1940, and before the termination of World War II;
(C) armed forces of the United States during the Korean
crisis on or after June 25, 1950; or
(D) armed services of the United States during the Vietnam
conflict on or after August 5, 1964;
(2) sustained injury or disease in the line of duty:
(A) as a direct result of armed conflict;
(B) while engaged in extra-hazardous service, including
service under conditions simulating war; or
(C) while the United States was engaged in war; and
(3) was discharged or released from the service specified under
subdivision (1) under conditions other than dishonorable;
and the spouse, surviving spouse, or child of a person described in
subdivisions (1) through (3) who is a resident of Indiana has the
rights and privileges held by soldiers, sailors, nurses, or other
veterans, spouses, surviving spouses, and children of World War I
under section 2 of this chapter or other statutes.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.8.
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Civil War benefits to veterans of other wars
Sec. 2. The:
(1) soldiers and sailors of World War I;
(2) soldiers and sailors of the war with Spain;
(3) soldiers and sailors of the war in the Philippine Islands;
(4) soldiers who were in service on the Mexican border during
the years 1916 and 1917; and
(5) soldiers and sailors who are in the regular service of the
United States;
who are residents of Indiana and the surviving spouses and orphans
of individuals specified in subdivisions (1) through (5) have the
rights and privileges held by the soldiers and sailors of the Civil War
and the surviving spouses and orphans of the soldiers and sailors of
the Civil War.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.8.
IC 10-17-5-3
World War I benefits to nurses
Sec. 3. (a) A nurse who:
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(1) served as a nurse during World War I with the armed forces
of the United States;
(2) was honorably discharged from service; and
(3) is a resident of Indiana;
has the benefits, rights, privileges, and immunities conferred under
Indiana law upon honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines
who served in World War I.
(b) The benefits, rights, privileges, and immunities described in
subsection (a) that are conferred under Indiana law upon a
representative, an heir, or a relative of an honorably discharged
deceased soldier, sailor, or marine who served in the armed forces of
the United States during World War I are also conferred upon a
representative, an heir, or a relative of a deceased nurse described in
subsection (a).
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.8.
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