{"identifier":"/us/usc/t38/s1101","title":38,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1101.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f1101.\nDefinitions\nFor the purposes of this chapter\u2014\n(1) The term \u201cveteran\u201d includes a person who died in the active military, naval, air, or space service.\n(2) The term \u201cperiod of war\u201d includes, in the case of any veteran\u2014\n(A) any period of service performed by such veteran after\nNovember 11, 1918\nJuly 2, 1921\nApril 5, 1917\nNovember 12, 1918\n(B) any period of continuous service performed by such veteran after\nDecember 31, 1946\nJuly 26, 1947\nJanuary 1, 1947\n(3) The term \u201cchronic disease\u201d includes\u2014\nAnemia, primary\nArteriosclerosis\nArthritis\nAtrophy, progressive muscular\nBrain hemorrhage\nBrain thrombosis\nBronchiectasis\nCalculi of the kidney, bladder, or gallbladder\nCardiovascular-renal disease, including hypertension\nCirrhosis of the liver\nCoccidioidomycosis\nDiabetes mellitus\nEncephalitis lethargica residuals\nEndocarditis\nEndocrinopathies\nEpilepsies\nHansen\u2019s disease\nHodgkin\u2019s disease\nLeukemia\nLupus erythematosus, systemic\nMyasthenia gravis\nMyelitis\nMyocarditis\nNephritis\nOrganic diseases of the nervous system\nOsteitis deformans (Paget\u2019s disease)\nOsteomalacia\nPalsy, bulbar\nParalysis agitans\nPsychoses\nPurpura idiopathic, hemorrhagic\nRaynaud\u2019s disease\nSarcoidosis\nScleroderma\nSclerosis, amyotrophic lateral\nSclerosis, multiple\nSyringomyelia\nThromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger\u2019s disease)\nTuberculosis, active\nTumors, malignant, or of the brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves\nUlcers, peptic (gastric or duodenal)\nand such other chronic diseases as the Secretary may add to this list.\n(4) The term \u201ctropical disease\u201d includes\u2014\nAmebiasis\nBlackwater fever\nCholera\nDracontiasis\nDysentery\nFiliariasis\nHansen\u2019s disease\nLeishmaniasis, including kala-azar\nLoiasis\nMalaria\nOnchocerciasis\nOroya fever\nPinta\nPlague\nSchistosomiasis\nYaws\nYellow fever\nand such other tropical diseases as the Secretary may add to this list.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t38/s1101.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1101","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1101."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For the purposes of this chapter\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1101/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cveteran\u201d includes a person who died in the active military, naval, air, or space service.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1101/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" The term \u201cperiod of war\u201d includes, in the case of any veteran\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1101/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" any period of service performed by such veteran after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"November 11, 1918","tail":", and before "},{"t":"text","text":"July 2, 1921","tail":", if such veteran served in the active military, naval, air, or space service after "},{"t":"text","text":"April 5, 1917","tail":", and before "},{"t":"text","text":"November 12, 1918","tail":"; 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