2013 US Code
Title 38 - Veterans’ Benefits
Part II - GENERAL BENEFITS (§§ 1101 - 2414)
Chapter 11 - COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH (§§ 1101 - 1163)
Subchapter IV - PEACETIME DISABILITY COMPENSATION (§§ 1131 - 1137)
Section 1137 - Wartime presumptions for certain veterans

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS
PART II - GENERAL BENEFITS
CHAPTER 11 - COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH
SUBCHAPTER IV - PEACETIME DISABILITY COMPENSATION
Sec. 1137 - Wartime presumptions for certain veterans
Containssection 1137
Date2013
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 16, 2014
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAdded 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.
Statutes at Large References80 Stat. 27
88 Stat. 183
105 Stat. 406
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 89-358, Public Law 93-295, Public Law 102-83

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Wartime presumptions for certain veterans - 38 U.S.C. § 1137 (2013)
§1137. Wartime presumptions for certain veterans

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.

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