The benefits to which a veteran is entitled under § 13-55-2 may be used by the veteran at any period after the date specified in § 33A-2-2 as the end of the qualifying period during which the veteran served, at any period after the end of the period of eligibility for any of the awards specified in subdivision 33A-2-2(7) for which the veteran qualifies, or at any period after the date the veteran was rated by the veterans administration as ten percent or more disabled.

Source: SDC 1939, § 15.0717 as added by SL 1966, ch 37; SL 1983, ch 139; SL 1987, ch 149; SL 1989, ch 159; SL 1994, ch 142, § 2; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 20, eff. Apr. 12, 2011; SL 2016, ch 98, § 1.