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title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
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# 38 U.S.C. § 7905 - Requirement of honorable discharge for veterans receiving assistance

## Text

No veteran shall receive financial assistance under this chapter unless the veteran was discharged from the Armed Forces under honorable conditions.

(Added Pub. L. 109–461, title IX, § 903(a)(1), Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3464.)