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10 USC § 7806 - Settlement or compromise: final and conclusive 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s7806"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 7806 - Settlement or compromise: final and conclusive"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7806"
section_name: "Settlement or compromise: final and conclusive"
chapter_number: 781
chapter_name: "MILITARY CLAIMS"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 272, § 4806; renumbered § 7806 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 808(d), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839, 1840.)"
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# § 7806. Settlement or compromise: final and conclusive

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon acceptance of payment the settlement or compromise of a claim under section 7802 or 7803 of this title is final and conclusive.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 272, § 4806; renumbered § 7806 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 808(d), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839, 1840.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 4806 | 10:1861 (35 words before 1st proviso).10:1862 (last 32 words of 2d sentence). | Oct. 20, 1951, ch. 524, §§ 1 (35 words before 1st proviso), 2 (last 32 words of 2d sentence), 65 Stat. 572, 573. |

The words “for all purposes” and “to the contrary”, in 10:1861 and 1862; “by the claimant and not until then”, in 10:1861; and “but not until then”, in 10:1862; are omitted as surplusage.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—, substituted “section 7802 or 7803” for “section 4802 or 4803”.

, renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .