2018 US Code
Title 38 - Veterans' Benefits
Part II - General Benefits
Chapter 11 - Compensation for Service-Connected Disability or Death
Subchapter IV - Peacetime Disability Compensation
Sec. 1132 - Presumption of sound condition
| 38 U.S.C. § 1132 (2018) |
| §1132. Presumption of sound condition |
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For the purposes of section 1131 of this title, every person employed in the active military, naval, or air service for six months or more shall be taken to have been in sound condition when examined, accepted and enrolled for service, except as to defects, infirmities, or disorders noted at the time of the examination, acceptance and enrollment, or where evidence or medical judgment is such as to warrant a finding that the disease or injury existed before acceptance and enrollment. |
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(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1122, §332; renumbered §1132 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.) |
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AMENDMENTS
1991—Pub. L. 102–83, §5(a), renumbered section 332 of this title as this section. Pub. L. 102–83, §5(c)(1), substituted "1131" for "331". |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS |
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| Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS PART II - GENERAL BENEFITS CHAPTER 11 - COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH SUBCHAPTER IV - PEACETIME DISABILITY COMPENSATION Sec. 1132 - Presumption of sound condition |
| section 1132 |
| 2018 |
| January 14, 2019 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 72 Stat. 1122 105 Stat. 406 |
| Public Law 85-857, Public Law 102-83 |
