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compensation during refusal) enlist in the service, in which case he re-
ceives full pay and his family receives allowances and allotments as
above provided, in lieu of compensation while the course continues.
(Sec. 304.)

The bureau has continuing jurisdiction over compensation cases.
(Sec. 305.)

CONDITIONS GOVERNING COMPENSATION.

Death or disability, to be compensable, must occur while in the serv-
ice or within one year after discharge or resignation.

Except that, if the injured person, within one year after leaving the
service, shall undergo a medical examination and obtain a certificate
that he is suffering from an injury likely to cause death or disability,
compensation shall be payable whenever death or disability resulting from
such injury occurs. (Sec. 306.)

Compensation shall not be payable for death in the course of the
service until the death be officially recorded in the department under
which the person may be serving.

No compensation shall be payable for a period in which the man has
been reported missing and a family allowance has been paid for him.
(Sec. 307.)

Death inflicted as a punishment for a crime-or military offense is
not compensable unless it is inflicted by the enemy.

Dishonorable discharge is a bar to any compensation. (Sec. 308.)

Compensation is not assignable and is exempt from attachment, ex-
ecution, and from all taxation. (Sec. 311.)

Compensation shall not be paid while the person is in receipt of
service or retirement pay.

Except as rights have heretofore accrued, existing laws providing
payments in the event of death in the service and existing pension laws
shall not be applicable to persons now or hereafter in the service.

Compensation to members of the Army Nurse Corps or of the Navy
Nurse Corps is in lieu of compensation under the Act of September 7,
1916. (Sec. 312.)

WHEN CLAIM MUST BE FILED.

In case of disability, claim must be filed within five years after dis-
charge or resignation from the service; or, if the disability occur after
leaving the service, within five years after the beginning of disability.

In case of death during the service, the claim must be filed within
five years after the death is officially recorded in the department in which
the person is serving.

In case of death after discharge or resignation from the service,
the claim must be filed within five years after death. (Sec. 309.)

No compensation shall be payable for any period more than two years
prior to the date of claim. (Sec. 310.)