10 USC § 9806 - Settlement or compromise: final and conclusive

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title: "10 USC § 9806 - Settlement or compromise: final and conclusive"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "9806"
section_name: "Settlement or compromise: final and conclusive"
chapter_number: 981
chapter_name: "MILITARY CLAIMS"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 593.)"
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# § 9806. 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 9802 or 9803 of this title is final and conclusive.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 593.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 9806 | 10:861 (35 words before 1st proviso).10:862 (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.