§ 1152.
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.
([Pub. L. 85–857], Sept. 2, 1958, [72 Stat. 1124], § 352; renumbered § 1152, [Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a)], Aug. 6, 1991, [105 Stat. 406].)