Effective dates of awards of disability compensation for participants in secrecy oath programs
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Section 5110(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) (A) The effective date of an award of disability compensation to a veteran described in subparagraph (B) shall be the day following the date of the veteran’s discharge or release. (B) A veteran described in this subparagraph is a veteran who— (i) participated in the secrecy oath program at Edgewood Arsenal at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, at any time during the period beginning on January 1, 1948, and ending on December 31, 1975; or (ii) participated in any other secrecy oath program not described in clause (i)..