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applications Sec. 705. The benefits provided in this title shall not be available to any veteran who has not made application for such benefits to the Administrator within five years after the date of the veteran’s discharge or release from active service; except that in the case of any veteran whose loss or permanent loss of use of one or both feet, or one or both hands, or permanent impairment of vision, as specified in section 701, shall have occurred after his discharge or release from active service, application may be made within three years after the occurrence of such disability. Notwithstanding the foregoing time limits, no otherwise eligible veteran shall lie denied the benefits of this title who makes application within one year from the date on which his entitlement to compensation for loss or permanent loss of use of one or both feet, or one or both hands, or permanent impairment of vision, as specified in section 701, shall have been determined.