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# 38 U.S.C. § 1137 - Wartime presumptions for certain veterans
## Text
For the purposes of this subchapter and subchapter V of this chapter and notwithstanding the provisions of sections 1132 and 1133 of this subchapter, the provisions of sections 1111, 1112, and 1113 of this chapter shall be applicable in the case of any veteran who served in the active military, naval, air, or space service after December 31, 1946.
(Added Pub. L. 89358, § 7(a), Mar. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 27, § 337; amended Pub. L. 93295, title II, § 205, May 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 183; renumbered § 1137 and amended Pub. L. 10283, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 116283, div. A, title IX, § 926(a)(13), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3830.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments2021—Pub. L. 116283 substituted “air, or space service” for “or air service”. 1991—Pub. L. 10283, § 5(a), renumbered section 337 of this title as this section. Pub. L. 10283, § 5(c)(1), substituted “1132 and 1133” for “332 and 333” and “1111, 1112, and 1113” for “311, 312, and 313”. 1974—Pub. L. 93295 substituted “December 31, 1946” for “January 31, 1955”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1974 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 93295 effective May 1, 1974, see section 401 of Pub. L. 93295, set out as a note under section 1114 of this title.