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38 U.S.C. § 1132 — Presumption of sound condition

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38 U.S.C. § 1132 — Presumption of sound condition

For the purposes of [section 1131 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1131&num=0&edition=prelim), 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.

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For the purposes of [section 1131 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1131&num=0&edition=prelim), 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.

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38 U.S.C. § 1131 — Basic entitlement

For disability resulting from personal injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty, or for aggravation of a preexisting injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty, in the active military, naval, air, or space service, during other than a period of war, the United States will pay to any veteran thus disabled and who was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable from the period of service in which said injury or disease was incurred, or preexisting injury or disease was aggravated, compensation as provided in this subchapter, but no compensation shall be paid if the disability is a result of the veteran’s own willful misconduct or abuse of alcohol or drugs.

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38 U.S.C. § 1132 — Presumption of sound condition

Page 181 TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS § 1134 will pay to any veteran thus disabled and who was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable from the period of serv- ice in which said injury or disease was incurred, or preexisting injury or disease was aggravated, compensation as provided in this subchapter, but no compensation shall be paid if the dis- ability is a result of the veteran’s own willful misconduct or abuse of alcohol or drugs. (Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1122, § 331; Pub. L. 101–508, title VIII, § 8052(a)(3), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–351; renumbered § 1131, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 105–178, title VIII, § 8202(b), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 492; Pub. L. 105–206, title IX, § 9014(a), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 865; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 926(a)(10), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3830.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted ‘‘air, or space serv- ice’’ for ‘‘or air service’’. 1998—Pub. L. 105–178, which directed the substitution of ‘‘, abuse of alcohol or drugs, or use of tobacco prod- ucts’’ for ‘‘or abuse of alcohol or drugs’’ before the pe- riod at end, was amended generally by Pub. L. 105–206, which provided that the amendments made by that sec- tion as originally enacted shall be treated for all pur- poses as not having been made. See Effective Date of 1998 Amendment note below. 1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 331 of this title as this section. 1990—Pub. L. 101–508 substituted ‘‘a result of the vet- eran’s own willful misconduct or abuse of alcohol or drugs’’ for ‘‘the result of the veteran’s own willful mis- conduct’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1998 AMENDMENT Title IX of Pub. L. 105–206 effectiv

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