38 U.S.C. § 4211 : US Code - Section 4211: Definitions

Search 38 U.S.C. § 4211 : US Code - Section 4211: Definitions

As used in this chapter -
(1) The term "special disabled veteran" means -
(A) a veteran who is entitled to compensation (or who but for
the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to
compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary for a
disability (i) rated at 30 percent or more, or (ii) rated at 10
or 20 percent in the case of a veteran who has been determined
under section 3106 of this title to have a serious employment
handicap; or
(B) a person who was discharged or released from active duty
because of service-connected disability.
(2) The term "veteran of the Vietnam era" means an eligible
veteran any part of whose active military, naval, or air service
was during the Vietnam era.
(3) The term "disabled veteran" means (A) a veteran who is
entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military
retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws
administered by the Secretary, or (B) a person who was discharged
or released from active duty because of a service-connected
disability.
(4) The term "eligible veteran" means a person who -
(A) served on active duty for a period of more than 180 days
and was discharged or released therefrom with other than a
dishonorable discharge;
(B) was discharged or released from active duty because of a
service-connected disability; or
(C) as a member of a reserve component under an order to active
duty pursuant to section 12301(a), (d), or (g), 12302, or 12304
of title 10, served on active duty during a period of war or in a
campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge is authorized
and was discharged or released from such duty with other than a
dishonorable discharge.
(5) The term "department or agency" means any agency of the
Federal Government or the District of Columbia, including any
Executive agency as defined in section 105 of title 5 and the
United States Postal Service and the Postal Rate Commission, and
the term "department, agency, or instrumentality in the executive
branch" includes the United States Postal Service and the Postal
Rate Commission.
(6) The term "recently separated veteran" means any veteran
during the three-year period beginning on the date of such
veteran's discharge or release from active duty.