38 U.S.C. § 1110
Section 1110 · Basic entitlement
Viewing 38 U.S.C. § 1110 as in effect on August 6, 1991. The text changed in 1 later edition (most recent January 1, 2021).
View current version →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, or air 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.
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Amendments
1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 310 of this title as this section.
1990—Pub. L. 101–508 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”.
Effective Date of 1990 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 101–508 effective with respect to claims filed after Oct. 31, 1990, see section 8052(b) of Pub. L. 101–508, set out as a note under section 105 of this title.