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Title 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS > PART II—GENERAL BENEFITS > CHAPTER 13—DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DEATHS > SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL

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before the expiration of fifteen years after the termination of the period of service in which the injury or disease causing the death of the veteran was incurred or aggravated; or

( Pub. L. 85–857 , Sept. 2, 1958 , 72 Stat. 1127 , § 404; Pub. L. 90–77, title I, § 101(a) , Aug. 31, 1967 , 81 Stat. 178 ; Pub. L. 94–433, title IV, § 405(4) , (5), Sept. 30, 1976 , 90 Stat. 1379 ; renumbered § 1304, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a) , Aug. 6, 1991 , 105 Stat. 406 .)

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