38 USC § 1111 - Presumption of sound condition

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s1111"
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title: "38 USC § 1111 - Presumption of sound condition"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "1111"
section_name: "Presumption of sound condition"
chapter_number: 11
chapter_name: "COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "WARTIME DISABILITY COMPENSATION"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "GENERAL BENEFITS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1119, § 311; renumbered § 1111 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)"
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# § 1111. Presumption of sound condition

section 1110 of this title

For the purposes of , every veteran shall be taken to have been in sound condition when examined, accepted, and enrolled for service, except as to defects, infirmities, or disorders noted at the time of the examination, acceptance, and enrollment, or where clear and unmistakable evidence demonstrates that the injury or disease existed before acceptance and enrollment and was not aggravated by such service.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1119, § 311; renumbered § 1111 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1991—, renumbered  as this section.

, substituted “1110” for “310”.