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PUBLIC LAW 85-857-SEPT. 2, 1958

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Subchapter I—General § 301. Definitions For the purposes of this chapter— (1) The term "veteran" includes a person who died in the active military, naval, or air service. (2) The term "period of war" includes, in the case of any veteran— (A) any period of service performed by him after November 11, 1918, and before July 2, 1921, if such veteran served in the active military, naval, or air service after April 5, 1917, and before November 12, 1918; and (B) any period of continuous service performed by him after December 31, 1946, and before July 26, 1947, if such period began before January 1, 1947. (3) The term "chronic disease" includes— Anemia, primary Arteriosclerosis Arthritis Atrophy, progressive muscular Brain hemorrhage Brain thrombosis Bronchiectasis Calculi of the kidney, bladder, or gallbladder Cardiovascular-renal disease, including hypertension Cirrhosis of the liver Coccidioidomycosis Diabetes mellitus Encephalitis lethargica residuals Endocarditis Endocrinopathies Epilepsies Hodgkin's disease Leprosy Leukemia Myasthenia gravis Myelitis Myocarditis Nephritis Organic diseases of the nervous system Osteitis deformans (Paget's disease) Osteomalacia Palsy, bulbar Paralysis agitans Psychoses Purpura idiopathic, hemorrhagic Eaynaud's disease Sarcoidosis Scleroderma Sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis, multiple Syringomyelia Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease) Tuberculosis, active Tumors, malignant, or of the brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves Ulcers, peptic (gastric or duodenal) and such other chronic diseases as the Administrator may add to this list;

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