2020 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law
Part II - Personnel
Chapter 61 - Retirement or Separation for Physical Disability
Sec. 1219 - Statement of origin of disease or injury: limitations
| 10 U.S.C. § 1219 (2020) |
| §1219. Statement of origin of disease or injury: limitations |
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A member of an armed force may not be required to sign a statement relating to the origin, incurrence, or aggravation of a disease or injury that he has. Any such statement against his interests, signed by a member, is invalid. |
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(Added Pub. L. 85–56, title XXII, §2201(31)(A), June 17, 1957, 71 Stat. 160; amended Pub. L. 87–651, title I, §107(c), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 509.) |
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
1962 ACT
Sections 1218 and 1219 are restated, without substantive change, to conform to the style adopted for title 10. AMENDMENTS1962—Pub. L. 87–651 substituted "Statement of origin of disease or injury: limitation" for "Statement against interest void" in section catchline, and "A member of an armed force may not be required to sign a statement relating to the origin, incurrence, or aggravation of a disease or injury that he has. Any such statement against his interests, signed by a member, is invalid" for "No person in the Armed Forces may be required to sign a statement of any nature relating to the origin, incurrence, or aggravation of any disease or injury he may have. Any such statement against his own interest, whenever signed, is of no force and effect." EFFECTIVE DATESection effective Jan. 1, 1958, see section 2301 of Pub. L. 85–56, 71 Stat. 172. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
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| Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A - General Military Law PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 61 - RETIREMENT OR SEPARATION FOR PHYSICAL DISABILITY Sec. 1219 - Statement of origin of disease or injury: limitations |
| section 1219 |
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| January 13, 2021 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 71 Stat. 160, 172 76 Stat. 509 |
| Public Law 85-56, Public Law 87-651 |
