The death and disability benefits of this chapter shall, notwithstanding the service requirements thereof, be granted to persons heretofore recognized by law as having a compensable status, including persons whose claims are based on war or peacetime service rendered before .
Pub. L. 85–85772 Stat. 1124Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a)105 Stat. 406(, , , § 352; renumbered § 1152, , , .)
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Pub. L. 102–83section 352 of this title1991— renumbered as this section.