Pub. L. 85-56, tit. III, pt. F, sec. 351

benefits for persons disabled by treatment

EnactedYear: 1957Length: 144 wordsOfficial source
benefits for persons disabled by treatment Sec. 351. Where any veteran shall have suffered an injury, or an aggravation of an injury, as the result of vocational rehabilitation training, hospitalization, or medical or surgical treatment, awarded him under any of the laws administered by the Veterans’ Administration, or as a result of having submitted to an examination under any such law and not the result of his misconduct, and such injury or aggravation results in additional disability to or the death of such veteran, disability compensation under this title and dependency and indemnity compensation under the Servicemen’s and Veterans’Survivor Benefits Act shall be awarded in the same manner as if such disability, aggravation, or death were service connected; except that no benefits snail be awarded unless application be made therefor within two years after such injury or aggravation was suffered, or such death occurred.
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