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(4) The term "tropical disease" includes— Amebiasis Blackwater fever Cholera Dracontiasis Dysentery Filiariasis Leishmaniasis, including kala-azar Leprosy Loiasis Malaria Onchocerciasis Oroya fever Pinta Plague Schistosomiasis Yaws Yellow fever and such other tropical diseases as the Administrator may add to this list. § 302. Special provisions relating to widows (a) No compensation shall be paid to the widow of a veteran under this chapter unless she was married to him— (1) before the expiration of ten 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 (2) for five or more years; or (3) for any period of time if a child was born of the marriage. (b) Subsection (a) shall not be applicable to any widow who, with respect to date of marriage, could have qualified as a widow for death compensation under any law administered by the Veterans' Administration in effect on December 31, 1957. Subchapter II—Wartime Disability Compensation § 310. Basic entitlement For disability resulting from personal injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty, or for aggravation of a preexisting injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty, in the active military, naval, or air service, during a period of war, the United States will pay to any veteran thus disabled and who was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable from the period of service in which said injury or disease was incurred, or preexisting injury or disease was aggravated, compensation as provided in this subchapter, but no compensation shall be paid if the disability is the result of the veteran's own willful misconduct. § 311. Presumption of sound condition For the purposes of section 310 of this title, every veteran shall be taken to have been in sound condition when examined, accepted, and enrolled for service, except as to defects, infirmities, or disorders noted at the time of the examination, acceptance, and enrollment, or where clear and unmistakable evidence demonstrates that the injury or disease existed before acceptance and enrollment and was not aggravated by such service. 98395-59-PT. 1-71

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