A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent Including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Means (a) veteran, any part of whose active military, naval, or air service, was during the period August 5, 1964 through May 7, 1975 who (a) served on active duty for a period of more than 180 days and was discharged or released there from with other than a dishonorable discharge, or (b) was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability. No veteran can be considered to a veteran of the Vietnam era under this paragraph after Dec. 31, 1994.