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46 U.S.C. § 11203 — Documentation of qualified service
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**(a) Record of Service.—** The Secretary, or in the case of personnel of the Army Transport Service or the Naval Transport Service, the Secretary of Defense, shall, upon application—
(1) issue a certificate of honorable service to an individual who, as determined by that Secretary, engaged in qualified service of a nature and duration that warrants issuance of the certificate; and
(2) correct, or request the appropriate official of the Federal Government to correct, the service records of that individual to the extent necessary to reflect the qualified service and the issuance of the certificate of honorable service.
**(b) Timing of Documentation.—** A Secretary receiving an application under subsection (a) shall act on the application not later than 1 year after the date of that receipt.
**(c) Standards Relating to Service.—** In making a determination under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary acting on the application shall apply the same standards relating to the nature and duration of service that apply to the issuance of honorable discharges under section 401(a)(1)(B) of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 ([38 U.S.C. 106](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section106&num=0&edition=prelim) note).
**(d) Correction of Records.—** An official who is requested under subsection (a)(2) to correct the service records of an individual shall make such correction.
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**(a) Record of Service.—** The Secretary, or in the case of personnel of the Army Transport Service or the Naval Transport Service, the Secretary of Defense, shall, upon application—
(1) issue a certificate of honorable service to an individual who, as determined by that Secretary, engaged in qualified service of a nature and duration that warrants issuance of the certificate; and
(2) correct, or request the appropriate official of the Federal Government to correct, the service records of that individual to the extent necessary to reflect the qualified service and the issuance of the certificate of honorable service.
**(b) Timing of Documentation.—** A Secretary receiving an application under subsection (a) shall act on the application not later than 1 year after the date of that receipt.
**(c) Standards Relating to Service.—** In making a determination under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary acting on the application shall apply the same standards relating to the nature and duration of service that apply to the issuance of honorable discharges under section 401(a)(1)(B) of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 ([38 U.S.C. 106](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section106&num=0&edition=prelim) note).
**(d) Correction of Records.—** An official who is requested under subsection (a)(2) to correct the service records of an individual shall make such correction.
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**(a)**
(1) Service as a member of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps for ninety days or more by any woman who before October 1, 1943, was honorably discharged for disability incurred or aggravated in line of duty which rendered her physically unfit to perform further service in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps or the Women’s Army Corps shall be considered active duty for the purposes of all laws administered by the Secretary.
(2) Any person entitled to compensation or pension by reason of this subsection and to employees’ compensation based upon the same service under subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5 must elect which benefit she will receive.
**(b)** Any person—
(1) who has applied for enlistment or enrollment in the active military, naval, air, or space service and has been provisionally accepted and directed or ordered to report to a place for final acceptance into such service; or
(2) who has been selected or drafted for service in the Armed Forces and has reported pursuant to the call of the person’s local draft board and before rejection; or
(3) who has been called into the Federal service as a member of the National Guard, but has not been enrolled for the Federal service; and
who has suffered an injury or contracted a disease in line of duty while en route to or from, or at, a place for final acceptance or entry upon active duty, will, for the purposes of chapters 11, 13, 19, 21, 31, and 39 of this title, and for purposes of determining service-connection of a disability under chapter 17 of this title, be considered to have been on active duty and to have incurred such disability in the active military, naval, air, or space service.
**(c)** For the purposes of this title, an individual discharged or released from a period of active duty shall be deemed
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**(a) Eligibility.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The qualified service of an individual referred to in paragraph (2) shall be considered to be active duty in the Armed Forces during a period of war for purposes of eligibility for benefits under the following provisions of title 38:
(A) Chapter 23 (relating to burial benefits).
(B) Chapter 24 (relating to interment in national cemeteries).
(2) **Covered individuals.—** — Paragraph (1) applies to an individual who—
(A) receives an honorable service certificate under [section 11203 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section11203&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) is not eligible under any other provision of law for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
**(b) Reimbursement for Benefits Provided.—** The Secretary shall reimburse the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the value of benefits that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides for an individual by reason of eligibility under this section.
**(c) Applicability.—**
(1) **General rule.—** — Benefits may be provided under the provisions of law referred to in subsection (a)(1) by reason of this chapter only for deaths occurring after the date of the enactment of this chapter.
(2) **Burials, etc. in national cemeteries.—** — Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in the case of an initial burial or columbarium placement after the date of the enactment of this chapter, benefits may be provided under chapter 24 of title 38 by reason of this chapter (regardless of the date of death), and in such a case benefits may be provided under section 2306 of such title.
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**(a) Collection of Fees.—** The Secretary, or in the case of personnel of the Army Transport Service or the Naval Transport Service, the Secretary of Defense, shall collect a fee of $30 from each applicant for processing an application submitted under [section 11203(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section11203/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Treatment of Fees Collected.—** Amounts received by the Secretary under this section shall be deposited in the General Fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating and ascribed to Coast Guard activities. Amounts received by the Secretary of Defense under this section shall be deposited in the General Fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts of the Department of Defense. In either case, such amounts shall be available, subject to appropriation, for the administrative costs of processing applications under [section 11203 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section11203&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 105
1986—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–576 substituted ‘‘report
to the Administrator’’ for ‘‘report to him’’.
1969—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91–24 substituted ‘‘the age of
twenty-three years’’ for ‘‘the age of twenty-one years’’.
§ 105. Line of duty and misconduct
(a) An injury or disease incurred during active
military, naval, air, or space service will be
deemed to have been incurred in line of duty and
not the result of the veteran’s own misconduct
when the person on whose account benefits are
claimed was, at the time the injury was suffered
or disease contracted, in active military, naval,
air, or space service, whether on active duty or
on authorized leave, unless such injury or dis-
ease was a result of the person’s own willful mis-
conduct or abuse of alcohol or drugs. Venereal
disease shall not be presumed to be due to will-
ful misconduct if the person in service complies
with the regulations of the appropriate service
department requiring the person to report and
receive treatment for such disease.
(b) The requirement for line of duty will not
be met if it appears that at the time the injury
was suffered or disease contracted the person on
whose account benefits are claimed (1) was
avoiding duty by deserting the service or by ab-
senting himself or herself without leave materi-
ally interfering with the performance of mili-
tary duties; (2) was confined under sentence of
court-martial involving an unremitted dishonor-
able discharge; or (3) was confined under sen-
tence of a civil court for a felony (as determined
under the laws of the jurisdiction where the per-
son was convicted by such court).
(c) For the purposes of any provision relating
to the extension of a delimiting period under
any education-benef
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TITLE 46—SHIPPING
§ 11203
Sec.
11202.
Qualified service.
11203.
Documentation of qualified service.
11204.
Processing fees.
§ 11201. Eligibility for veterans’ burial and ceme-
tery benefits
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The qualified service of an
individual referred to in paragraph (2) shall be
considered to be active duty in the Armed
Forces during a period of war for purposes of
eligibility for benefits under the following pro-
visions of title 38:
(A) Chapter 23 (relating to burial benefits).
(B) Chapter 24 (relating to interment in
national cemeteries).
(2) COVERED INDIVIDUALS.—Paragraph (1) ap-
plies to an individual who—
(A) receives an honorable service certifi-
cate under section 11203 of this title; and
(B) is not eligible under any other provi-
sion of law for benefits under laws adminis-
tered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
(b) REIMBURSEMENT FOR BENEFITS PROVIDED.—
The Secretary shall reimburse the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs for the value of benefits that
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides for an
individual by reason of eligibility under this sec-
tion.
(c) APPLICABILITY.—
(1) GENERAL
RULE.—Benefits may be pro-
vided under the provisions of law referred to in
subsection (a)(1) by reason of this chapter only
for deaths occurring after the date of the en-
actment of this chapter.
(2) BURIALS, ETC. IN NATIONAL CEMETERIES.—
Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in the case of
an initial burial or columbarium placement
after the date of the enactment of this chap-
ter, benefits may be provided under chapter 24
of title 38 by reason of this chapter (regardless
of the date of death), and in such a case bene-
fits may be provided under section 2306 of such
title.
(Added Pub. L. 105–368, title IV, § 402(a), Nov. 11
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