§ 1101. Definitions
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For the purposes of this chapter—
(1)The term “veteran” includes a person who died in the active military, naval, air, or space service.
(2)The term “period of war” includes, in the case of any veteran—
(A)any period of service performed by such veteran after November 11, 1918, and before July 2, 1921, if such veteran served in the active military, naval, air, or space service after April 5, 1917, and before November 12, 1918; and
(B)any period of continuous service performed by such veteran after December 31, 1946, and before July 26, 1947, if such period began before January 1, 1947.
(3)Anemia, primary
Arteriosclerosis
Arthritis
Atrophy, progressive muscular
Brain hemorrhage
Brain thrombosis
Bronchiectasis
Calculi of the kidney, bladder, or gallbladder
Cardiovascular-renal disease, including hypertension
Cirrhosis of the liver
Coccidioidomycosis
Diabetes mellitus
Encephalitis lethargica residuals
Endocarditis
Endocrinopathies
Epilepsies
Hansen’s disease
Hodgkin’s disease
Leukemia
Lupus erythematosus, systemic
Myasthenia gravis
Myelitis
Myocarditis
Nephritis
Organic diseases of the nervous system
Osteitis deformans (Paget’s disease)
Osteomalacia
Palsy, bulbar
Paralysis agitans
Psychoses
Purpura idiopathic, hemorrhagic
Raynaud’s disease
Sarcoidosis
Scleroderma
Sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral
Sclerosis, multiple
Syringomyelia
Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger’s disease)
Tuberculosis, active
Tumors, malignant, or of the brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves
Ulcers, peptic (gastric or duodenal)
(4)Amebiasis
Blackwater fever
Cholera
Dracontiasis
Dysentery
Filiariasis
Hansen’s disease
Leishmaniasis, including kala-azar
Loiasis
Malaria
Onchocerciasis
Oroya fever
Pinta
Plague
Schistosomiasis
Yaws
Yellow fever
(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1118, § 301; Pub. L. 94–433, title IV, §§ 401(2), (3), 404(1), Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1377, 1378; Pub. L. 98–160, title VII, § 702(2), Nov. 21, 1983, 97 Stat. 1009; Pub. L. 100–322, title III, § 313, May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 535; renumbered § 1101 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404–406; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 926(a)(5), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3830.)
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public-private-law
- Public Law 118-31National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
- Public Law 116-315Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020
- Public Law 117-168Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022
- Public Law 117-16Training in High-demand Roles to Improve Veteran Employment Act
- Public Law 116-23Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019
- Public Law 117-271To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for peer support specialists for claimants who are survivors of military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.Dec
U.S. Code
- § 1071Purpose of this chapter
- § 1114Rates of wartime disability compensation
- § 301Department
- § 8332Creditable service
- § 1311Dependency and indemnity compensation to a surviving spouse
- § 1151Benefits for persons disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation
- § 6303Annual leave; accrual
- § 5112Effective dates of reductions and discontinuances
- § 1115Additional compensation for dependents
- § 2106Veterans’ mortgage life insurance
- § 8706Termination of insurance; assignment of ownership
- § 1162Clothing allowance
- § 2082Prior service credit
- § 3501Definitions; application
- § 1154Consideration to be accorded time, place, and circumstances of service
- § 1310Deaths entitling survivors to dependency and indemnity compensation
- § 8411Creditable service
- § 1312Benefits in certain cases of in-service or service-connected deaths
- § 3901Definitions
- § 1313Dependency and indemnity compensation to children
- § 2308Transportation of deceased veteran to a national cemetery or a covered veterans’ cemetery
- § 1121Basic entitlement
- § 1304Special provisions relating to surviving spouses
- § 1122Rates of wartime death compensation
- § 1160Special consideration for certain cases of loss of paired organs or extremities
- § 1314Supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation to children
- § 1102Special provisions relating to surviving spouses
- § 1302Determination of pay grade
- § 1323Certifications with respect to circumstances of death
- § 1158Disappearance
- § 1301Definitions
- § 1316Dependency and indemnity compensation in cases of prior deaths
- § 1161Payment of disability compensation in disability severance cases
- § 1141Basic entitlement
- § 1322Certifications with respect to social security entitlement
statutes-at-large
- Public Law 85–56To consolidate into one Act, and to simplify and make more uniform, the laws administered by the Veterans’ Administration relating to compensation, pension, hospitalization, and burial benefits, and to consolidate into one Act the laws pertaining to the administration of the laws administered by the
- Public Law 85–857
- Public Law 110–389To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve and enhance compensation and pension, housing, labor and education, and insurance benefits for veterans, and for other purposes
- Public Law 108–136To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes
- Public Law 109–163To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes
statute-compilations
- Sec. 604TRAINING FOR PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS WITH RESPECT TO VETERANS WHO REPORT TOXIC EXPOSURES
- Sec. 5003IMPROVING PROCESSING BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OF DISABILITY CLAIMS FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER THROUGH IMPROVED TRAINING
- Sec. 602PUBLICATION OF LIST OF RESOURCES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR TOXIC-EXPOSED VETERANS AND VETERANS WHO REPORT TOXIC EXPOSURES AND OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR SUCH VETERANS AND CAREGIVERS AND SURVIVORS OF SUCH VETERANS
- Sec. 4101PRESUMPTIONS OF SERVICE-CONNECTION FOR MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES WHO CONTRACT CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
- Sec. 3PRESUMPTION OF HERBICIDE EXPOSURE FOR CERTAIN VETERANS WHO SERVED IN KOREA
- Sec. 202IMPROVEMENTS TO ABILITY OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO ESTABLISH PRESUMPTIONS OF SERVICE CONNECTION BASED ON TOXIC EXPOSURE
- Sec. 1611COMPREHENSIVE POLICY ON IMPROVEMENTS TO CARE, MANAGEMENT, AND TRANSITION OF RECOVERING SERVICE MEMBERS
- Sec. 203OUTREACH TO CLAIMANTS FOR DISABILITY COMPENSATION PURSUANT TO CHANGES IN PRESUMPTIONS OF SERVICE CONNECTION
- Sec. 2CLARIFICATION OF PRESUMPTIONS OF EXPOSURE FOR VETERANS WHO SERVED IN VICINITY OF REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
- Sec. 403PRESUMPTIONS OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURES TO CERTAIN HERBICIDE AGENTS FOR VETERANS WHO SERVED IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS
- Sec. 302PRESUMPTIONS OF TOXIC EXPOSURE
- Sec. 602PUBLICATION OF LIST OF RESOURCES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR TOXIC-EXPOSED VETERANS AND VETERANS WHO REPORT TOXIC EXPOSURES AND OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR SUCH VETERANS AND CAREGIVERS AND SURVIVORS OF SUCH VETERANS
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public-private-law
U.S. Code
- Department§ 301
- Rates of wartime disability compensation§ 1114
- Positions at level IV§ 5315
- Employment of experts and consultants; temporary or intermittent§ 3109
- Congressional findings and declaration of policy§ 1601
- Relation to other programs§ 1626
- Trust Funds§ 401
- Computation of primary insurance amount§ 415
- Dependency and indemnity compensation to a surviving spouse§ 1311
- Definitions§ 101
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- Pub. L. 85–857
- 72 Stat. 1118
- Pub. L. 94–433, title IV
- 90 Stat. 1377
- Pub. L. 98–160, title VII, § 702(2)
- 97 Stat. 1009
- Pub. L. 100–322, title III, § 313
- 102 Stat. 535
- Pub. L. 102–83
- 105 Stat. 404–406
- 134 Stat. 3830
- Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a)
- Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1)
- Pub. L. 100–322
- Pub. L. 98–160
- Pub. L. 94–433, § 404(1)
- Pub. L. 94–433, § 401(2)
- Pub. L. 94–433, § 401(3)
- Pub. L. 94–433, title IV, § 406
- 90 Stat. 1380
- Pub. L. 98–223, title I, § 108
- 98 Stat. 40
- Section 108 of Pub. L. 98–223
- section 107 of Pub. L. 98–223
- 137 Stat. 931
- Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title XV
- 117 Stat. 1676
- Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 590
- 119 Stat. 3279
- Pub. L. 103–446, title V, § 506
- 108 Stat. 4664
- Pub. L. 103–446, title I, § 111(b)
- 108 Stat. 4654
- Pub. L. 103–66, title XII, § 12008
- 107 Stat. 415
- Pub. L. 101–508, title VIII, § 8005
- 104 Stat. 1388–343
- Pub. L. 97–37, § 6
- 95 Stat. 937
- Pub. L. 95–479, title III, § 305
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