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38 U.S.C. § 1153 — Aggravation

submitted 68 years ago by Pub. L. 85-857 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 50 words · no verdicts yet

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A preexisting injury or disease is treated as aggravated by qualifying active military service when the disability becomes worse during that service. This does not apply when a specific finding shows that the worsening was the disease’s natural progress.

A preexisting injury or disease is treated as aggravated by active military, naval, air, or space service if the disability increases during that service. The rule does not apply when there is a specific finding that the increase resulted from the disease’s natural progress.
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A preexisting injury or disease will be considered to have been aggravated by active military, naval, air, or space service, where there is an increase in disability during such service, unless there is a specific finding that the increase in disability is due to the natural progress of the disease.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1124, § 353; renumbered § 1153, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 926(a)(15), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3830.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1958Enacted · Pub. L. 85-857 · 72 Stat. 1124
  • 1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-83 · 105 Stat. 406
  • 2021Amended · Pub. L. 116-283 · 134 Stat. 3830

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 85-857 on 1958-09-02.

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