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Title 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS > PART III—READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS > CHAPTER 31—TRAINING AND REHABILITATION FOR VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES

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a veteran who has a service-connected disability rated at 20 percent or more which was incurred or aggravated in service on or after September 16, 1940 ; or

(Added Pub. L. 96–466, title I, § 101(a) , Oct. 17, 1980 , 94 Stat. 2173 , § 1502; amended Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, § 423(b)(1)(A) , Dec. 18, 1989 , 103 Stat. 2092 ; Pub. L. 101–508, title VIII, § 8021(a) , Nov. 5, 1990 , 104 Stat. 1388–347 ; Pub. L. 102–16, § 3(a) , Mar. 22, 1991 , 105 Stat. 49 ; renumbered § 3102, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a) , Aug. 6, 1991 , 105 Stat. 406 ; Pub. L. 102–568, title IV, § 404(a) , Oct. 29, 1992 , 106 Stat. 4338 ; Pub. L. 104–275, title I, § 101(b) , Oct. 9, 1996 , 110 Stat. 3323 ; Pub. L. 112–56, title II, § 233(a)(1) , Nov. 21, 2011 , 125 Stat. 719 ; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 926(a)(41) , Jan. 1, 2021 , 134 Stat. 3830 .)

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