38 U.S.C. § 1160
the Secretary shall assign and pay to the veteran the applicable rate of compensation under this chapter as if the combination of disabilities were the result of service-connected disability.
38 U.S.C. § 1160
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2007-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 110-157 substituted "impairment of vision" for "blindness" in two places and "misconduct and-" for "misconduct;" and added subpars. (A) and (B). 2002-Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 107-330 substituted "deafness compensable to a degree of 10 percent or more in one ear" for "total deafness in one ear" and "deafness in the other ear" for "total deafness in the other ear".1991- Pub. L. 102-83, §5(a), renumbered section 360 of this title as this section.Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-83, §4(b)(1), (2) (E), substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator" in concluding provisions. 1986- Pub. L. 99-576 amended section generally, substituting "loss of paired organs or extremities" for "blindness or bilateral kidney involvement or bilateral deafness" in section catchline. Prior to amendment, text of section read as follows: "Where any veteran (1) has suffered blindness in one eye as a result of service-connected disability and has suffered blindness in the other eye as a result of non-service-connected disability not the result of such veteran's own willful misconduct, or (2) has suffered the loss or loss of use of one kidney as a result of service-connected disability, and has suffered severe involvement of the other kidney such as to cause total disability, as a result of non-service-connected disability not the result of such veteran's own willful misconduct, or (3) has suffered total deafness in one ear as a result of service-connected disability and has suffered total deafness in the other ear as the result of non-service-connected disability not the result of such veteran's own willful misconduct, the Administrator shall assign and pay to the veteran concerned the applicable rate of compensation under this chapter as if such veteran's blindness in both eyes or such bilateral kidney involvement were the result of service-connected disability."1983- Pub. L. 98-160 substituted "(1) has suffered" for "has suffered (1)". 1976- Pub. L. 94-433 substituted "such veteran's" for "his" wherever appearing.1965- Pub. L. 89-311 added cl. (3) referring to total deafness in one ear as a result of service-connected disability and total deafness in the other ear as the result of non-service-connected disability not the result of his own willful misconduct, inserted reference to total deafness in both ears and, in section catchline, inserted reference to bilateral deafness.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1986 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 99-576, title I, §109(c), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3253, provided that:"(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section [amending this section and section 314 [now 1114] of this title] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 28, 1986]."(2) In the case of an award of compensation for a disability described in clause (1), (2), (3), or (5) of subsection (a) of section 360 [now 1160] of title 38, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, subsection (b) of such section shall apply only to awards of compensation made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 28, 1986]."
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1976 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 94-433 effective Oct. 1, 1976, see section 406 of Pub. L. 94-433 set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1965 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 89-311 effective first day of second calendar month following Oct. 31, 1965, see section 9 of Pub. L. 89-311 set out as a note under section 1114 of this title.