Notice: The uscode.house.gov website is currently operating in a temporary format. While the United States Code remains available from its authoritative source, some website features and functionality are temporarily unavailable.
The United States Code Online is current through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
Search & Browse Currency and Updating Classification Tables Popular Name Tool Positive Law Codification Editorial Reclassification Downloads
38 U.S.C. 1153: AggravationText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 38-VETERANS’ BENEFITSCHAPTER 11-COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH
Jump To: Source CreditEditorial NotesAmendments

§1153. Aggravation

A preexisting injury or disease will be considered to have been aggravated by active military, naval, air, or space service, where there is an increase in disability during such service, unless there is a specific finding that the increase in disability is due to the natural progress of the disease.

( Pub. L. 85–857 , Sept. 2, 1958 , 72 Stat. 1124 , § 353; renumbered § 1153, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a) , Aug. 6, 1991 , 105 Stat. 406 ; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 926(a)(15) , Jan. 1, 2021 , 134 Stat. 3830 .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021⁠—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “air, or space service” for “or air service”.

1991⁠—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 353 of this title as this section.