The death and disability benefits of this chapter shall, notwithstanding the service requirements thereof, be granted to persons heretofore recognized by law as having a compensable status, including persons whose claims are based on war or peacetime service rendered before April 21, 1898.
38 U.S.C. § 1152
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS1991- Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 352 of this title as this section.