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PUBLIC LAW 91-666-JAN. 11, 1971

"Chapter 39.—AUTOMOBILES A N D ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR CERTAIN DISABLED VETERANS A N D MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES "Sec. "1901. Definitions. "1902. Assistance for providing automobile and adaptive equipment. "1903. Limitations on assistance.

"§ 1901. Definitions "For purposes of this chapter— "(1) The term 'eligible person' means— " (A) any veteran entitled to compensation under chapter 11 of this title for any of the disabilities described in subclause (i), ( i i), or (iii) below, if the disability is the result of an injury incurred or disease contracted in or aggravated by active military, naval, or air service during World W a r II or the Korean conflict; or if the disability is the result of an injury incurred or disease contracted in or aggravated by active military, naval, or air service performed after January 31, 1955, and the injury was incurred or the disease was contracted in line of duty as a direct result of the performance of military duty: " (i) The loss or permanent loss of use of one or both feet; "(ii) The loss or permanent loss of use of one or both hands; " (iii) The permanent impairment of vision of both eyes of the following status: central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye, with corrective glasses, or central visual acuity of more than 20/200 if there is a field defect in which the peripheral field has contracted to such an extent that the widest diameter of visual field subtends an angular distance no greater than twenty degrees in the better eye; or " (B) any member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who is suffering from any disability described in subclause (i), (ii), or (iii) of clause (A) of this paragraph if such disability is the result of an injury incurred or disease contracted in or aggravated by active military, naval, or air service during World W a r II, the Korean conflict, or the Vietnam era; or if such disability is the result of an injury incurred or disease contracted in or aggravated by any other active military, naval, or air service performed after January 31, 1955, and the injury was incurred or the disease was contracted in line of duty as a direct result of the performance of military duty. "(2) The term 'World W a r II ' includes, in the case of any eligible person, 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. '*§ 1902. Assistance for providing automobile and adaptive equipment " (a) The Administrator, under regulations which he shall prescribe, shall provide or assist in providing an automobile or other conveyance to each eligible person by paying the total purchase price of the auto-

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