10 USC § 1219 - Statement of origin of disease or injury: limitations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s1219"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 1219 - Statement of origin of disease or injury: limitations"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "1219"
section_name: "Statement of origin of disease or injury: limitations"
chapter_number: 61
chapter_name: "RETIREMENT OR SEPARATION FOR PHYSICAL DISABILITY"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 85–56, title XXII, § 2201(31)(A), June 17, 1957, 71 Stat. 160; amended Pub. L. 87–651, title I, § 107(c), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 509.)"
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# § 1219. Statement of origin of disease or injury: limitations

A member of an armed force may not be required to sign a statement relating to the origin, incurrence, or aggravation of a disease or injury that he has. Any such statement against his interests, signed by a member, is invalid.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 85–56, title XXII, § 2201(31)(A), June 17, 1957, 71 Stat. 160; amended Pub. L. 87–651, title I, § 107(c), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 509.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

### 1962 Act

Sections 1218 and 1219 are restated, without substantive change, to conform to the style adopted for title 10.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1962— substituted “Statement of origin of disease or injury: limitation” for “Statement against interest void” in section catchline, and “A member of an armed force may not be required to sign a statement relating to the origin, incurrence, or aggravation of a disease or injury that he has. Any such statement against his interests, signed by a member, is invalid” for “No person in the Armed Forces may be required to sign a statement of any nature relating to the origin, incurrence, or aggravation of any disease or injury he may have. Any such statement against his own interest, whenever signed, is of no force and effect.”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

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