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 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.
Pub. L. 85–85772 Stat. 1119Pub. L. 101–508, title VIII, § 8052(a)(2)104 Stat. 1388–351Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a)105 Stat. 406Pub. L. 105–178, title VIII, § 8202(a)112 Stat. 492Pub. L. 105–206, title IX, § 9014(a)112 Stat. 865Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 926(a)(7)134 Stat. 3830(, , , § 310; , , ; renumbered § 1110, , , ; , , ; , , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 116–2832021— substituted “air, or space service” for “or air service”.
Pub. L. 105–178Pub. L. 105–2061998—, which directed the substitution of “, abuse of alcohol or drugs, or use of tobacco products” for “or abuse of alcohol or drugs” before the period at end, was amended generally by , which provided that the amendments made by that section as originally enacted shall be treated for all purposes as not having been made. See Effective Date of 1998 Amendment note below.
Pub. L. 102–83section 310 of this title1991— renumbered as this section.
Pub. L. 101–5081990— substituted “a result of the veteran’s own willful misconduct or abuse of alcohol or drugs” for “the result of the veteran’s own willful misconduct”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1998 Amendment
Pub. L. 105–206Pub. L. 105–178Pub. L. 105–178Pub. L. 105–178Pub. L. 105–206section 9016 of Pub. L. 105–206section 101 of Title 23Title IX of effective simultaneously with enactment of and to be treated as included in at time of enactment, and provisions of as in effect on day before , that are amended by title IX of to be treated as not enacted, see , set out as a note under , Highways.
Effective Date of 1990 Amendment
Pub. L. 101–508section 8052(b) of Pub. L. 101–508section 105 of this titleAmendment by effective with respect to claims filed after , see , set out as a note under .
Construction of 1998 Amendment
Pub. L. 105–206, title IX, § 9014(a)112 Stat. 865section 8202 of Pub. L. 105–178, , , provided that is amended generally and that the amendments made by that section as originally enacted shall be treated for all purposes as not having been made.