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title: "38 U.S.C. § 1157"
description: "Combination of certain ratings"
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title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS BENEFITS"
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chapter_name: "COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH"
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# 38 U.S.C. § 1157 - Combination of certain ratings
## Text
The Secretary shall provide for the combination of ratings and pay compensation at the rates prescribed in subchapter II of this chapter to those veterans who served during a period of war and during any other time, who have suffered disability in line of duty in each period of service.
(Pub. L. 85857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1125, § 357; renumbered § 1157 and amended Pub. L. 10283, §§ 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404406.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments1991—Pub. L. 10283, § 5(a), renumbered section 357 of this title as this section. Pub. L. 10283, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”.