2020 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

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Citation 38 U.S.C. § 1132 (2020)
Section Name §1132. Presumption of sound condition
Section Text

For the purposes of section 1131 of this title, every person employed in the active military, naval, air, or space 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.

Source Credit

(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; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, §926(a)(11), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3830.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES AMENDMENTS

2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted "air, or space service" for "or air service".

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".

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within 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
Contains section 1132
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 72 Stat. 1122
105 Stat. 406
134 Stat. 3830
Public Law References Public Law 85-857, Public Law 102-83, Public Law 116-283
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