38 U.S.C. § 1702
Presumptions: psychosis after service in World War II and following periods of war; mental illness after service in the Persian Gulf War
United States · Title 38 — VETERANS’ BENEFITS · Status: effective
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For purposes of this chapter, any veteran of the Persian Gulf War who develops an active mental illness (other than psychosis) shall be deemed to have incurred such disability in the active military, naval, or air service if such veteran develops such disability—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- A bill to amend titles 10, 14, 37, and 38, United States Code, to codify recent law and to improve the Code.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Veterans' Benefits Improvement and Health Care Authorization Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Persian Gulf Conflict Supplemental Authorization and Personnel Benefits Act of 1991House: 396–4Senate: no recorded tally
- Department of Veterans Affairs Codification ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008