TITLE 38-VETERANS’ BENEFITS
PART I—GENERAL PROVISIONS (sections 101 to 905)
CHAPTER 1—GENERAL (sections 101 to 119)
- § 101 — Definitions
- § 102 — Dependent parents
- § 103 — Special provisions relating to marriages
- § 104 — Approval of educational institutions
- § 105 — Line of duty and misconduct
- § 106 — Certain service deemed to be active service
- § 107 — Certain service deemed not to be active service
- § 108 — Seven-year absence presumption of death
- § 109 — Benefits for discharged members of allied forces
- § 110 — Preservation of disability ratings
- § 111 — Payments or allowances for beneficiary travel
- § 111A — Transportation of individuals to and from Department facilities
- § 112 — Presidential memorial certificate program
- § 113 — Treatment of certain programs under sequestration procedures
- § 114 — Multiyear procurement
- § 115 — Acquisition of real property
- § 116 — Reports to Congress: cost information
- § 117 — Advance appropriations for certain accounts
- § 118 — Submission of reports to Congress in electronic form
- § 119 — Contracting for statistical analyses and data evaluation
CHAPTER 3—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (sections 301 to 325)
- § 301 — Department
- § 302 — Seal
- § 303 — Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- § 304 — Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- § 305 — Under Secretary for Health
- § 306 — Under Secretary for Benefits
- § 307 — Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs
- § 308 — Assistant Secretaries; Deputy Assistant Secretaries
- § 309 — Chief Financial Officer
- § 310 — Chief Information Officer
- § 311 — General Counsel
- § 312 — Inspector General
- § 312A — Director of Construction and Facilities Management
- § 313 — Availability of appropriations
- § 314 — Central Office
- § 315 — Regional offices
- § 316 — Colocation of regional offices and medical centers
- § 317 — Center for Minority Veterans
- § 318 — Center for Women Veterans
- § 319 — Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication
- § 320 — Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee
- § 321 — Office of Survivors Assistance
- § 322 — Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events
- § 323 — Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection
- § 324 — Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund
- § 325 — Veterans experience office 1 1 So in original. Probably should be “Veterans Experience Office”.
CHAPTER 5—AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY (sections 501 to 548)
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL AUTHORITIES (sections 501 to 517)
- § 501 — Rules and regulations
- § 502 — Judicial review of rules and regulations
- § 503 — Administrative error; equitable relief
- § 505 — Opinions of Attorney General
- § 510 — Authority to reorganize offices
- § 511 — Decisions of the Secretary; finality
- § 512 — Delegation of authority; assignment of functions and duties
- § 513 — Contracts and personal services
- § 515 — Administrative settlement of tort claims
- § 516 — Equal employment responsibilities
- § 517 — Quarterly reports to Congress on conferences sponsored by the Department
SUBCHAPTER II—SPECIFIED FUNCTIONS (sections 521 to 533)
- § 521 — Assistance to certain rehabilitation activities
- § 521A — Adaptive sports programs for disabled veterans and members of the Armed Forces
- § 522 — Studies of rehabilitation of disabled persons
- § 523 — Coordination and promotion of other programs affecting veterans and their dependents
- § 525 — Publication of laws relating to veterans
- § 527 — Evaluation and data collection
- § 529 — Annual report to Congress
- § 530 — Annual report on program and expenditures for domestic response to weapons of mass destruction
- § 531 — Requirements relating to naming of Department property
- § 532 — Authority to advertise in national media; VetStar Award Program
- § 533 — Anti-harassment and anti-sexual assault policy
SUBCHAPTER III—ADVISORY COMMITTEES (sections 541 to 548)
- § 541 — Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War
- § 542 — Advisory Committee on Women Veterans
- § 543 — Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs
- § 544 — Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans
- § 545 — Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans
- § 546 — Advisory Committee on Disability Compensation
- § 547 — Advisory Committee on Tribal and Indian Affairs
- § 548 — Advisory Committee on United States Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States
CHAPTER 7—EMPLOYEES (sections 701 to 741)
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL EMPLOYEE MATTERS (sections 701 to 728)
- § 701 — Placement of employees in military installations
- § 703 — Miscellaneous authorities respecting employees
- § 704 — Waiver of pay limitation for certain employees
- § 705 — Telephone service for medical officers and facility directors
- § 706 — Additional authority relating to recruitment and retention of personnel
- § 707 — Benefits for employees at overseas offices who are United States citizens
- § 709 — Employment restrictions
- § 711 — Grade reductions
- § 712 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–103, title V, § 509(a)(1) , Dec. 27, 2001 , 115 Stat. 997 ]
- § 713 — Senior executives: removal, demotion, or suspension based on performance or misconduct
- § 714 — Employees: removal, demotion, or suspension based on performance or misconduct
- § 715 — Congressional testimony by employees: treatment as official duty
- § 717 — Limitation on administrative leave
- § 719 — Reduction of benefits of employees convicted of certain crimes
- § 721 — Recoupment of bonuses or awards paid to employees of Department
- § 723 — Recoupment of relocation expenses paid on behalf of employees of Department
- § 725 — Annual performance plan for political appointees
- § 726 — Annual report on performance awards and bonuses awarded to certain high-level employees
- § 727 — Reassignment of senior executives
- § 728 — Misuse of Department purchase cards
SUBCHAPTER II—WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINTS (sections 731 to 734)
- § 731 — Adverse actions against supervisory employees who commit prohibited personnel actions relating to whistleblower complaints
- § 732 — Protection of whistleblowers as criteria in evaluation of supervisors
- § 733 — Training regarding whistleblower disclosures
- § 734 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–41, title I, § 102(a)(1) , June 23, 2017 , 131 Stat. 865 ]
SUBCHAPTER III—EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (section 741)
CHAPTER 9—SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ON PROPERTY UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT (sections 901 to 905)
PART II—GENERAL BENEFITS (sections 1101 to 2414)
CHAPTER 11—COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH (sections 1101 to 1176)
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL (sections 1101 to 1104)
SUBCHAPTER II—WARTIME DISABILITY COMPENSATION (sections 1110 to 1120)
- § 1110 — Basic entitlement
- § 1111 — Presumption of sound condition
- § 1112 — Presumptions relating to certain diseases and disabilities
- § 1113 — Presumptions rebuttable
- § 1114 — Rates of wartime disability compensation
- § 1115 — Additional compensation for dependents
- § 1116 — Presumptions of service connection for diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents; presumption of exposure for veterans who served in certain locations
- § 1116A — Presumptions of service connection for veterans who served offshore of the Republic of Vietnam
- § 1116B — Presumption of herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Korea
- § 1117 — Compensation for disabilities occurring in Persian Gulf War veterans
- § 1118 — Presumptions of service connection for illnesses associated with service in the Persian Gulf during the Persian Gulf War
- § 1119 — Presumptions of toxic exposure
- § 1120 — Presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to burn pits and other toxins
SUBCHAPTER III—WARTIME DEATH COMPENSATION (sections 1121 to 1122)
SUBCHAPTER IV—PEACETIME DISABILITY COMPENSATION (sections 1131 to 1137)
SUBCHAPTER V—PEACETIME DEATH COMPENSATION (sections 1141 to 1143)
SUBCHAPTER VI—GENERAL COMPENSATION PROVISIONS (sections 1151 to 1167)
- § 1151 — Benefits for persons disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation
- § 1152 — Persons heretofore having a compensable status
- § 1153 — Aggravation
- § 1154 — Consideration to be accorded time, place, and circumstances of service
- § 1155 — Authority for schedule for rating disabilities
- § 1156 — Temporary disability ratings
- § 1157 — Combination of certain ratings
- § 1158 — Disappearance
- § 1159 — Protection of service connection
- § 1160 — Special consideration for certain cases of loss of paired organs or extremities
- § 1161 — Payment of disability compensation in disability severance cases
- § 1162 — Clothing allowance
- § 1163 — Trial work periods and vocational rehabilitation for certain veterans with total disability ratings
- § 1164 — Presumptions of service-connection for Coronavirus Disease 2019
- § 1165 — Choice of sex of medical examiner for certain disabilities
- § 1166 — Claims involving military sexual trauma
- § 1167 — Outreach pursuant to changes in presumptions of service connection
- § 1168 — Medical nexus examinations for toxic exposure risk activities
- § 1167 — Mental health consultations
SUBCHAPTER VII—DETERMINATIONS RELATING TO PRESUMPTIONS OF SERVICE CONNECTION BASED ON TOXIC EXPOSURE (sections 1171 to 1176)
- § 1171 — Procedures to determine presumptions of service connection based on toxic exposure; definitions
- § 1172 — Annual notice and opportunity for public comment
- § 1173 — Formal evaluation of recommendations
- § 1174 — Regulations regarding presumptions of service connection based on toxic exposure
- § 1175 — Authority to modify process; congressional oversight
- § 1176 — Agreement with National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine concerning toxic exposures
CHAPTER 13—DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DEATHS (sections 1301 to 1323)
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL (sections 1301 to 1305)
SUBCHAPTER II—DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION (sections 1310 to 1318)
- § 1310 — Deaths entitling survivors to dependency and indemnity compensation
- § 1311 — Dependency and indemnity compensation to a surviving spouse
- § 1312 — Benefits in certain cases of in-service or service-connected deaths
- § 1313 — Dependency and indemnity compensation to children
- § 1314 — Supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation to children
- § 1315 — Dependency and indemnity compensation to parents
- § 1316 — Dependency and indemnity compensation in cases of prior deaths
- § 1317 — Restriction on payments under this chapter
- § 1318 — Benefits for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at time of death
SUBCHAPTER III—CERTIFICATIONS (sections 1321 to 1323)
CHAPTER 15—PENSION FOR NON-SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH OR FOR SERVICE (sections 1501 to 1562)
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL (sections 1501 to 1508)
- § 1501 — Definitions
- § 1502 — Determinations with respect to disability
- § 1503 — Determinations with respect to annual income
- § 1504 — Persons heretofore having a pensionable status
- § 1505 — Payment of pension during confinement in penal institutions
- § 1506 — Resource reports and overpayment adjustments
- § 1507 — Disappearance
- § 1508 — Frequency of payment of pension benefits
SUBCHAPTER II—VETERANS’ PENSIONS (sections 1510 to 1525)
Service Pension (sections 1510 to 1513)
Non-Service-Connected Disability Pension (sections 1521 to 1525)
SUBCHAPTER III—PENSIONS TO SURVIVING SPOUSES AND CHILDREN (sections 1531 to 1544)
Wars Before World War I (sections 1531 to 1537)
- § 1531 — Vacant]
- § 1532 — Surviving spouses of Civil War veterans
- § 1533 — Children of Civil War veterans
- § 1534 — Surviving spouses of Indian War veterans
- § 1535 — Children of Indian War veterans
- § 1536 — Surviving spouses of Spanish-American War veterans
- § 1537 — Children of Spanish-American War veterans
Other Periods of War (sections 1541 to 1543)
[Surviving Spouses of Veterans of All Periods of War—Repealed] (section 1544)
SUBCHAPTER IV—ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, AND COAST GUARD MEDAL OF HONOR ROLL (sections 1560 to 1562)
CHAPTER 17—HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE (sections 1701 to 1789)
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL (sections 1701 to 1709C)
- § 1701 — Definitions
- § 1702 — Presumptions: psychosis after service in World War II and following periods of war; mental illness after service in the Persian Gulf War
- § 1703 — Veterans Community Care Program
- § 1703A — Agreements with eligible entities or providers; certification processes
- § 1703B — Access standards
- § 1703C — Standards for quality
- § 1703D — Prompt payment standard
- § 1703E — Center for Innovation for Care and Payment
- § 1703F — Credentialing verification requirements for providers of non-Department health care services
- § 1703G — Quarterly report on referrals for non-Department health care
- § 1704 — Preventive health services: annual report
- § 1704A — Independent assessments of health care delivery systems and management processes
- § 1705 — Management of health care: patient enrollment system
- § 1705A — Management of health care: information regarding health-plan contracts
- § 1706 — Management of health care: other requirements
- § 1706A — Remediation of medical service lines
- § 1707 — Limitations
- § 1708 — Temporary lodging
- § 1709 — Comprehensive policy on reporting and tracking sexual assault incidents and other safety incidents
- § 1709A — Teleconsultation
- § 1709B — Evaluations of mental health care and suicide prevention programs
- § 1709C — Assistance for child care for certain veterans receiving health care
SUBCHAPTER II—HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, OR DOMICILIARY CARE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT (sections 1710 to 1720L)
- § 1710 — Eligibility for hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care
- § 1710A — Required nursing home care
- § 1710B — Extended care services
- § 1710C — Traumatic brain injury: plans for rehabilitation and reintegration into the community
- § 1710D — Traumatic brain injury: comprehensive program for long-term rehabilitation
- § 1710E — Traumatic brain injury: use of non-Department facilities for rehabilitation
- § 1711 — Care during examinations and in emergencies
- § 1712 — Dental care; drugs and medicines for certain disabled veterans; vaccines
- § 1712A — Eligibility for readjustment counseling and related mental health services
- § 1712B — Counseling for former prisoners of war
- § 1712C — Dental insurance plan for veterans and survivors and dependents of veterans
- § 1713 — Renumbered § 1781]
- § 1714 — Fitting and training in use of prosthetic appliances; guide dogs; service dogs
- § 1715 — Tobacco for hospitalized veterans
- § 1716 — Hospital care by other agencies of the United States
- § 1717 — Home health services; invalid lifts and other devices
- § 1718 — Therapeutic and rehabilitative activities
- § 1719 — Repair or replacement of certain prosthetic and other appliances
- § 1720 — Transfers for nursing home care; adult day health care
- § 1720A — Treatment and rehabilitative services for persons with drug or alcohol dependency
- § 1720B — Respite care
- § 1720C — Noninstitutional alternatives to nursing home care
- § 1720D — Counseling and treatment for sexual trauma
- § 1720E — Nasopharyngeal radium irradiation
- § 1720F — Comprehensive program for suicide prevention among veterans and members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces
- § 1720G — Assistance and support services for caregivers
- § 1720H — Mental health treatment for veterans and members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who served in classified missions
- § 1720I — Mental and behavioral health care for certain former members of the Armed Forces
- § 1720J — Emergent suicide care
- § 1720K — Grants or contracts to provide mental health support to family caregivers of veterans
- § 1720L — Home- and community-based services: programs
SUBCHAPTER III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO HOSPITAL AND NURSING HOME CARE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT OF VETERANS (sections 1721 to 1730C)
- § 1721 — Power to make rules and regulations
- § 1722 — Determination of inability to defray necessary expenses; income thresholds
- § 1722A — Copayment for medications
- § 1722B — Copayments: waiver of collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of veterans
- § 1722C — Copayments: prohibition on collection of copayments for first three mental health care outpatient visits of veterans
- § 1723 — Furnishing of clothing
- § 1724 — Hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care abroad
- § 1725 — Reimbursement for emergency treatment
- § 1725A — Access to walk-in care
- § 1726 — Reimbursement for loss of personal effects by natural disaster
- § 1727 — Persons eligible under prior law
- § 1728 — Reimbursement of certain medical expenses
- § 1729 — Recovery by the United States of the cost of certain care and services
- § 1729A — Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund
- § 1729B — Consolidated patient accounting centers
- § 1730 — Community residential care
- § 1730A — Prohibition on collection of copayments from certain veterans
- § 1730B — Access to State prescription drug monitoring programs
- § 1730C — Licensure of health care professionals providing treatment via telemedicine
SUBCHAPTER IV—HOSPITAL CARE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR VETERANS IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (sections 1731 to 1735)
- § 1731 — Assistance to the Republic of the Philippines
- § 1732 — Contracts and grants to provide for the care and treatment of United States veterans by the Veterans Memorial Medical Center
- § 1733 — Supervision of program by the President
- § 1734 — Hospital and nursing home care and medical services in the United States
- § 1735 — Definitions
SUBCHAPTER V—PAYMENTS TO STATE HOMES (sections 1741 to 1745)
SUBCHAPTER VI—SICKLE CELL ANEMIA (sections 1751 to 1761)
[SUBCHAPTER VII—TRANSFERRED] (section 1771)
SUBCHAPTER VIII—HEALTH CARE OF PERSONS OTHER THAN VETERANS (sections 1781 to 1789)
- § 1781 — Medical care for survivors and dependents of certain veterans
- § 1782 — Counseling, training, and mental health services for immediate family members and caregivers
- § 1783 — Bereavement counseling
- § 1784 — Humanitarian care
- § 1784A — Examination and treatment for emergency medical conditions and women in labor
- § 1785 — Care and services during certain disasters and emergencies
- § 1786 — Care for newborn children of women veterans receiving maternity care
- § 1787 — Health care of family members of veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
- § 1788 — Transplant procedures with live donors and related services
- § 1789 — Mental health services for members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces
CHAPTER 18—BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS AND CERTAIN OTHER VETERANS (sections 1801 to 1838)
SUBCHAPTER I—CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS BORN WITH SPINA BIFIDA (sections 1802 to 1806)
SUBCHAPTER II—CHILDREN OF WOMEN VIETNAM VETERANS BORN WITH CERTAIN BIRTH DEFECTS (sections 1811 to 1816)
SUBCHAPTER III—CHILDREN OF CERTAIN KOREA AND THAILAND SERVICE VETERANS BORN WITH SPINA BIFIDA (sections 1821 to 1822)
SUBCHAPTER IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS (sections 1831 to 1838)
- § 1831 — Definitions
- § 1832 — Applicability of certain administrative provisions
- § 1833 — Treatment of receipt of monetary allowance and other benefits
- § 1834 — Nonduplication of benefits
- § 1835 — Advisory council
- § 1836 — Care and coordination teams
- § 1837 — Duration of health care and benefits provided
- § 1838 — Biennial report
CHAPTER 19—INSURANCE (sections 1901 to 1988)
SUBCHAPTER I—NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE (sections 1901 to 1929)
- § 1901 — Definitions
- § 1902 — Premium rates and policy values
- § 1903 — Amount of insurance
- § 1904 — Plans of insurance
- § 1905 — Renewal
- § 1906 — Policy provisions
- § 1907 — Payment or use of dividends
- § 1908 — Premium payments
- § 1909 — Effective date of insurance
- § 1910 — Incontestability
- § 1911 — Forfeiture
- § 1912 — Total disability waiver
- § 1913 — Death before six months’ total disability
- § 1914 — Statutory total disabilities
- § 1915 — Total disability income provision
- § 1916 — Insurance which matured before August 1, 1946
- § 1917 — Insurance maturing on or after August 1, 1946
- § 1918 — Assignments
- § 1919 — National Service Life Insurance appropriation
- § 1920 — National Service Life Insurance Fund
- § 1921 — Extra hazard costs
- § 1922 — Legacy service disabled veterans’ insurance
- § 1922A — Legacy supplemental service disabled veterans’ insurance for totally disabled veterans
- § 1922B — Service-disabled veterans insurance
- § 1923 — Veterans’ Special Life Insurance
- § 1924 — In-service waiver of premiums
- § 1925 — Limited period for acquiring insurance
- § 1926 — Authority for higher interest rates for amounts payable to beneficiaries
- § 1927 — Authority for higher monthly installments payable to certain annuitants
- § 1928 — Authority for payment of interest on settlements
- § 1929 — Authority to adjust premium discount rates
SUBCHAPTER II—UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE (sections 1940 to 1963)
- § 1940 — Definition
- § 1941 — Amount of insurance
- § 1942 — Plans of insurance
- § 1943 — Premiums
- § 1944 — Policy provisions
- § 1945 — Renewal
- § 1946 — Dividends to pay premiums
- § 1947 — Incontestability
- § 1948 — Total disability provision
- § 1949 — Beneficiaries
- § 1950 — Payment to estates
- § 1951 — Payment of insurance
- § 1952 — Optional settlement
- § 1953 — Assignments
- § 1954 — Forfeiture
- § 1955 — United States Government Life Insurance Fund
- § 1956 — Military and naval insurance appropriation
- § 1957 — Extra hazard costs
- § 1958 — Statutory total permanent disability
- § 1959 — Waiver of disability for reinstatement
- § 1960 — Waiver of premium payments on due date
- § 1961 — Authority for higher interest rates for amounts payable to beneficiaries
- § 1962 — Authority for higher monthly installments payable to certain annuitants
- § 1963 — Authority for payment of interest on settlements
SUBCHAPTER III—SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP LIFE INSURANCE (sections 1965 to 1980B)
- § 1965 — Definitions
- § 1966 — Eligible insurance companies
- § 1967 — Persons insured; amount
- § 1968 — Duration and termination of coverage; conversion
- § 1969 — Deductions; payment; investment; expenses
- § 1970 — Beneficiaries; payment of insurance
- § 1971 — Basic tables of premiums; readjustment of rates
- § 1972 — Benefit certificates
- § 1973 — Forfeiture
- § 1974 — Advisory Council on Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance
- § 1975 — Jurisdiction of District Courts
- § 1976 — Effective date
- § 1977 — Veterans’ Group Life Insurance
- § 1978 — Reinstatement
- § 1979 — Incontestability
- § 1980 — Option to receive accelerated death benefit
- § 1980A — Traumatic injury protection
- § 1980B — Periodic review of automatic maximum coverage
SUBCHAPTER IV—GENERAL (sections 1981 to 1988)
CHAPTER 20—BENEFITS FOR HOMELESS VETERANS (sections 2001 to 2069)
SUBCHAPTER I—PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS; ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS (sections 2001 to 2003)
SUBCHAPTER II—COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE PROGRAMS (sections 2011 to 2016)
- § 2011 — Grants
- § 2012 — Per diem payments
- § 2013 — Program to improve retention of housing by formerly homeless veterans and veterans at risk of becoming homeless
- § 2014 — Training and technical assistance for recipients of certain financial assistance
- § 2015 — Training and technical assistance for entities regarding services provided to veterans at risk of, experiencing, or transitioning out of homelessness
- § 2016 — Authorization of appropriations
SUBCHAPTER III—TRAINING AND OUTREACH (sections 2021 to 2023)
- § 2021 — Homeless veterans reintegration programs
- § 2021A — Homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children reintegration grant program
- § 2022 — Coordination of outreach services for veterans at risk of homelessness
- § 2022A — Legal services for homeless veterans and veterans at risk for homelessness
- § 2023 — Referral and counseling services: veterans at risk of homelessness who are transitioning from certain institutions
SUBCHAPTER IV—TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION FOR SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL AND HOMELESS VETERANS (sections 2031 to 2034)
SUBCHAPTER V—HOUSING ASSISTANCE (sections 2041 to 2044)
SUBCHAPTER VI—LOAN GUARANTEE FOR MULTIFAMILY TRANSITIONAL HOUSING (sections 2051 to 2054)
SUBCHAPTER VII—OTHER PROVISIONS (sections 2061 to 2069)
- § 2061 — Grant program for homeless veterans with special needs
- § 2062 — Dental care
- § 2063 — Employment assistance
- § 2064 — Technical assistance grants for nonprofit community-based groups
- § 2065 — Annual report on assistance to homeless veterans
- § 2066 — Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans
- § 2067 — National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans
- § 2068 — Mental health consultations
- § 2069 — Access to telehealth services
CHAPTER 21—SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING FOR DISABLED VETERANS (sections 2101 to 2109)
- § 2101 — Acquisition and adaptation of housing: eligible veterans
- § 2101A — Eligibility for benefits and assistance: members of the Armed Forces with service-connected disabilities; individuals residing outside the United States
- § 2102 — Limitations on assistance furnished
- § 2102A — Assistance for individuals residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member
- § 2102B — Adaptations to residences of veterans in rehabilitation programs
- § 2103 — Furnishing of plans and specifications
- § 2104 — Benefits additional to benefits under other laws
- § 2105 — Nonliability of United States
- § 2106 — Veterans’ mortgage life insurance
- § 2107 — Coordination of administration of benefits
- § 2108 — Specially adapted housing assistive technology grant program
- § 2109 — Specially adapted housing destroyed or damaged by natural disasters
CHAPTER 23—BURIAL BENEFITS (sections 2301 to 2308)
- § 2301 — Flags
- § 2302 — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–315, title II, § 2202(a)(2) , Jan. 5, 2021 , 134 Stat. 4984 ]
- § 2303 — Death from non-service-connected disability; plot allowance
- § 2304 — Claims for reimbursement
- § 2305 — Persons eligible under prior law
- § 2306 — Headstones, markers, and burial receptacles
- § 2307 — Death from service-connected disability
- § 2308 — Transportation of deceased veteran to a national cemetery or a covered veterans’ cemetery
CHAPTER 24—NATIONAL CEMETERIES AND MEMORIALS (sections 2400 to 2414)
- § 2400 — Establishment of National Cemetery Administration; composition of Administration
- § 2401 — Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials
- § 2402 — Persons eligible for interment in national cemeteries
- § 2403 — Memorial areas
- § 2404 — Administration
- § 2405 — Disposition of inactive cemeteries
- § 2406 — Acquisition of lands
- § 2407 — Authority to accept and maintain suitable memorials
- § 2408 — Aid to States, counties, and tribal organizations for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans’ cemeteries
- § 2409 — Memorial areas in Arlington National Cemetery
- § 2410 — Burial of cremated remains in Arlington National Cemetery
- § 2410A — Arlington National Cemetery: other administrative matters
- § 2411 — Prohibition against interment or memorialization in the National Cemetery Administration or Arlington National Cemetery of persons committing certain Federal or State crimes
- § 2412 — Lease of land and buildings
- § 2413 — Prohibition on certain demonstrations and disruptions at cemeteries under control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery
- § 2414 — Communication between Department of Veterans Affairs and medical examiners and funeral directors
PART III—READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS (sections 3001 to 4335)
CHAPTER 30—ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (sections 3001 to 3036)
SUBCHAPTER I—PURPOSES; DEFINITIONS (sections 3001 to 3002)
SUBCHAPTER II—BASIC EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE (sections 3011 to 3020)
- § 3011 — Basic educational assistance entitlement for service on active duty
- § 3012 — Basic educational assistance entitlement for service in the Selected Reserve
- § 3013 — Duration of basic educational assistance
- § 3014 — Payment of basic educational assistance
- § 3014A — Accelerated payment of basic educational assistance for education leading to employment in high technology occupation in high technology industry
- § 3015 — Amount of basic educational assistance
- § 3016 — Inservice enrollment in a program of education
- § 3017 — Death benefit
- § 3018 — Opportunity for certain active-duty personnel to withdraw election not to enroll
- § 3018A — Opportunity for certain active-duty personnel to enroll before being involuntarily separated from service
- § 3018B — Opportunity for certain persons to enroll
- § 3018C — Opportunity for certain VEAP participants to enroll
- § 3019 — Tutorial assistance
- § 3020 — Authority to transfer unused education benefits to family members for career service members
SUBCHAPTER III—SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE (sections 3021 to 3023)
SUBCHAPTER IV—TIME LIMITATION FOR USE OF ELIGIBILITY AND ENTITLEMENT; GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS (sections 3031 to 3036)
- § 3031 — Time limitation for use of eligibility and entitlement
- § 3032 — Limitations on educational assistance for certain individuals
- § 3033 — Bar to duplication of educational assistance benefits
- § 3034 — Program administration
- § 3035 — Allocation of administration and of program costs
- § 3036 — Repealed. Pub. L. 112–154, title IV, § 402(b)(1) , Aug. 6, 2012 , 126 Stat. 1189 ]
CHAPTER 31—TRAINING AND REHABILITATION FOR VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES (sections 3100 to 3122)
- § 3100 — Purposes
- § 3101 — Definitions
- § 3102 — Basic entitlement
- § 3103 — Periods of eligibility
- § 3104 — Scope of services and assistance
- § 3105 — Duration of rehabilitation programs
- § 3106 — Initial and extended evaluations; determinations regarding serious employment handicap
- § 3107 — Individualized vocational rehabilitation plan
- § 3108 — Allowances
- § 3109 — Entitlement to independent living services and assistance
- § 3110 — Leaves of absence
- § 3111 — Regulations to promote satisfactory conduct and cooperation
- § 3112 — Revolving fund loans
- § 3113 — Vocational rehabilitation for hospitalized members of the Armed Forces and veterans
- § 3114 — Vocational rehabilitation outside the United States
- § 3115 — Rehabilitation resources
- § 3116 — Promotion of employment and training opportunities
- § 3117 — Employment assistance
- § 3118 — Personnel training, development, and qualifications
- § 3119 — Rehabilitation research and special projects
- § 3120 — Program of independent living services and assistance
- § 3121 — Veterans’ Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation
- § 3122 — Longitudinal study of vocational rehabilitation programs
CHAPTER 32—POST-VIETNAM ERA VETERANS’ EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE (sections 3201 to 3243)
SUBCHAPTER I—PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS (sections 3201 to 3202)
SUBCHAPTER II—ELIGIBILITY; CONTRIBUTIONS; AND MATCHING FUND (sections 3221 to 3225)
SUBCHAPTER III—ENTITLEMENT; DURATION (sections 3231 to 3234)
SUBCHAPTER IV—ADMINISTRATION (sections 3241 to 3243)
CHAPTER 33—POST–9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE (sections 3301 to 3327)
SUBCHAPTER I—DEFINITIONS (section 3301)
SUBCHAPTER II—EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE (sections 3311 to 3320)
- § 3311 — Educational assistance for service in the Armed Forces commencing on or after September 11, 2001 : entitlement
- § 3312 — Educational assistance: duration
- § 3313 — Educational assistance: amount; payment
- § 3314 — Tutorial assistance
- § 3315 — Licensure and certification tests
- § 3315A — National tests
- § 3315B — Preparatory courses for licensure, certification, or national tests
- § 3316 — Supplemental educational assistance: members with critical skills or specialty; members serving additional service
- § 3317 — Public-private contributions for additional educational assistance
- § 3318 — Additional assistance: relocation or travel assistance for individual relocating or traveling significant distance for pursuit of a program of education
- § 3319 — Authority to transfer unused education benefits to family members
- § 3320 — Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship
SUBCHAPTER III—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS (sections 3321 to 3327)
- § 3321 — Time limitation for use of and eligibility for entitlement
- § 3322 — Bar to duplication of educational assistance benefits
- § 3323 — Administration
- § 3324 — Allocation of administration and costs
- § 3325 — Reporting requirement
- § 3326 — Report on student progress
- § 3327 — Election to receive educational assistance
CHAPTER 34—VETERANS’ EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE (sections 3451 to 3495)
SUBCHAPTER I—PURPOSE—DEFINITIONS (sections 3451 to 3452)
SUBCHAPTER II—ELIGIBILITY AND ENTITLEMENT (sections 3461 to 3463)
SUBCHAPTER III—ENROLLMENT (sections 3470 to 3477)
- § 3470 — Selection of program
- § 3471 — Applications; approval
- § 3472 — Vacant]
- § 3473 — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–568, title III, § 313(a)(3)(A) , Oct. 29, 1992 , 106 Stat. 4332 ]
- § 3474 — Discontinuance for unsatisfactory conduct or progress
- § 3475 — Vacant]
- § 3476 — Education outside the United States
- § 3477 — Vacant]
SUBCHAPTER IV—PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE VETERANS; VETERAN-STUDENT SERVICES (sections 3481 to 3486)
SUBCHAPTER V—SPECIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED (sections 3490 to 3495)
CHAPTER 35—SURVIVORS’ AND DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE (sections 3500 to 3566)
SUBCHAPTER I—DEFINITIONS (sections 3500 to 3501)
SUBCHAPTER II—ELIGIBILITY AND ENTITLEMENT (sections 3510 to 3514)
SUBCHAPTER III—PROGRAM OF EDUCATION (sections 3520 to 3525)
SUBCHAPTER IV—PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS (sections 3531 to 3538)
- § 3531 — Educational assistance allowance
- § 3532 — Computation of educational assistance allowance
- § 3533 — Special assistance for the educationally disadvantaged
- § 3534 — Apprenticeship or other on-job training; correspondence courses
- § 3535 — Approval of courses
- § 3536 — Specialized vocational training courses
- § 3537 — Work-study allowance
- § 3538 — Vacant]
SUBCHAPTER V—SPECIAL RESTORATIVE TRAINING (sections 3540 to 3543)
SUBCHAPTER VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (sections 3561 to 3564)
SUBCHAPTER VII—PHILIPPINE COMMONWEALTH ARMY AND PHILIPPINE SCOUTS (sections 3565 to 3566)
CHAPTER 36—ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS (sections 3601 to 3699D)
SUBCHAPTER I—EMERGENCY SITUATIONS (sections 3601 to 3605)
- § 3601 — Definition of emergency situation
- § 3602 — Continuation of educational assistance benefits during emergency situations
- § 3603 — Continuation of educational assistance benefits for certain programs of education converted to distance learning by reason of emergency situations
- § 3604 — Effects of closure of educational institution and modification of courses by reason of emergency situation
- § 3605 — Payment of educational assistance in cases of withdrawal
SUBCHAPTER II—STATE APPROVING AGENCIES (sections 3670 to 3679)
- § 3670 — Scope of approval
- § 3671 — Designation
- § 3672 — Approval of courses
- § 3672A — Uniform application
- § 3673 — Approval activities: cooperation and coordination of activities
- § 3673A — Risk-based surveys
- § 3674 — Reimbursement of expenses
- § 3674A — Evaluations of agency performance; qualifications and performance of agency personnel
- § 3675 — Approval of accredited courses
- § 3676 — Approval of nonaccredited courses
- § 3677 — Approval of training on the job
- § 3678 — Notice of approval of courses
- § 3679 — Disapproval of courses
SUBCHAPTER III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (sections 3680 to 3699D)
- § 3680 — Payment of educational assistance or subsistence allowances
- § 3680A — Disapproval of enrollment in certain courses
- § 3681 — Limitations on educational assistance
- § 3682 — Control by agencies of the United States
- § 3683 — Conflicting interests
- § 3684 — Reports by veterans, eligible persons, and institutions; reporting fee
- § 3684A — Procedures relating to computer matching program
- § 3685 — Overpayments to eligible persons or veterans
- § 3686 — Correspondence courses
- § 3687 — Apprenticeship or other on-job training
- § 3688 — Measurement of courses
- § 3689 — Approval requirements for licensing and certification testing
- § 3690 — Overcharges by educational institutions; discontinuance of allowances; examination of records; false or misleading statements
- § 3691 — Change of program
- § 3691A — Withdrawal or leave of absence from certain education
- § 3692 — Advisory committee
- § 3693 — Compliance surveys
- § 3694 — Use of other Federal agencies
- § 3695 — Limitation on period of assistance under two or more programs
- § 3696 — Prohibition on certain advertising, sales, and enrollment practices
- § 3697 — Funding of contract educational and vocational counseling
- § 3697A — Educational and vocational counseling
- § 3697B — On-campus educational and vocational counseling
- § 3698 — Comprehensive policy on providing education information to veterans
- § 3698A — Provision of certificates of eligibility and award letters using electronic means
- § 3699 — Effects of closure or disapproval of educational institution
- § 3699A — Provision of certain information to educational institutions
- § 3699B — Treatment of certain for-profit educational institutions
- § 3699C — High technology program
- § 3699D — Notice of changes to policies and guidance relating to educational assistance programs
CHAPTER 37—HOUSING AND SMALL BUSINESS LOANS (sections 3701 to 3772)
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL (sections 3701 to 3709)
- § 3701 — Definitions
- § 3702 — Basic entitlement
- § 3703 — Basic provisions relating to loan guaranty and insurance
- § 3704 — Restrictions on loans
- § 3705 — Warranties
- § 3706 — Escrow of deposits and downpayments
- § 3707 — Adjustable rate mortgages
- § 3707A — Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages
- § 3708 — Authority to buy down interest rates: pilot program
- § 3709 — Refinancing of housing loans
SUBCHAPTER II—LOANS (sections 3710 to 3715)
SUBCHAPTER III—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS (sections 3720 to 3737)
- § 3720 — Powers of Secretary
- § 3721 — Incontestability
- § 3722 — Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund
- § 3723 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–368, title VI, § 602(a)(1) , Nov. 11, 1998 , 112 Stat. 3345 ]
- § 3726 — Withholding of payments, benefits, etc.
- § 3727 — Expenditures to correct or compensate for structural defects in mortgaged homes
- § 3728 — Exemption from State anti-usury provisions
- § 3729 — Loan fee
- § 3730 — Use of attorneys in court
- § 3731 — Appraisals
- § 3732 — Procedure on default
- § 3733 — Property management
- § 3734 — Annual submission of information on the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund and housing programs
- § 3735 — Renumbered § 2041]
- § 3736 — Reporting requirements
- § 3737 — Partial Claim Program
SUBCHAPTER IV—SMALL BUSINESS LOANS (sections 3741 to 3751)
- § 3741 — Definitions
- § 3742 — Small business loan program
- § 3743 — Liability on loans
- § 3744 — Approval of loans by the Secretary
- § 3745 — Interest on loans
- § 3746 — Maturity of loans
- § 3747 — Eligible financial institutions
- § 3748 — Preference for disabled veterans
- § 3749 — Revolving fund
- § 3750 — Incorporation of other provisions by the Secretary
- § 3751 — Termination of program
SUBCHAPTER V—DIRECT HOUSING LOANS FOR NATIVE AMERICAN VETERANS (sections 3761 to 3765)
- § 3761 — Direct housing loans to Native American veterans; program authority
- § 3762 — Direct housing loans to Native American veterans; program administration
- § 3762A — Native community development financial institution relending program
- § 3763 — Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program Account
- § 3764 — Qualified non-Native American veterans
- § 3765 — Definitions
[SUBCHAPTER VI—TRANSFERRED] (sections 3771 to 3772)
CHAPTER 39—AUTOMOBILES AND ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR CERTAIN DISABLED VETERANS AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES (sections 3901 to 3904)
CHAPTER 41—JOB COUNSELING, TRAINING, AND PLACEMENT SERVICE FOR VETERANS (sections 4100 to 4115)
- § 4100 — Findings
- § 4101 — Definitions
- § 4102 — Purpose
- § 4102A — Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training; program functions; Regional Administrators
- § 4103 — Directors and Assistant Directors for Veterans’ Employment and Training; additional Federal personnel
- § 4103A — Disabled veterans’ outreach program
- § 4104 — Local veterans’ employment representatives
- § 4104A — Collaborative veterans’ training, mentoring, and placement program
- § 4105 — Cooperation of Federal agencies
- § 4106 — Estimate of funds for administration; authorization of appropriations
- § 4107 — Administrative controls; annual report
- § 4108 — Cooperation and coordination
- § 4109 — National Veterans’ Employment and Training Services Institute
- § 4110 — Advisory Committee on Veterans Employment, Training, and Employer Outreach
- § 4110A — Special unemployment study
- § 4110B — Coordination and nonduplication
- § 4111 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–95, § 5(e)(3) , Dec. 21, 2001 , 115 Stat. 918 ]
- § 4112 — Performance incentive awards for quality employment, training, and placement services
- § 4113 — Transition Assistance Program personnel
- § 4114 — Credentialing and licensure of veterans: demonstration project
- § 4115 — Longitudinal study of job counseling, training, and placement service for veterans
CHAPTER 42—EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING OF VETERANS (sections 4211 to 4215)
- § 4211 — Definitions
- § 4212 — Veterans’ employment emphasis under Federal contracts
- § 4213 — Eligibility requirements for veterans under Federal employment and training programs
- § 4214 — Employment within the Federal Government
- § 4215 — Priority of service for veterans in Department of Labor job training programs
CHAPTER 43—EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES (sections 4301 to 4335)
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL (sections 4301 to 4304)
SUBCHAPTER II—EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS; PROHIBITIONS (sections 4311 to 4319)
- § 4311 — Discrimination against persons who serve in the uniformed services and acts of reprisal prohibited
- § 4312 — Reemployment rights of persons who serve in the uniformed services
- § 4313 — Reemployment positions
- § 4314 — Reemployment by the Federal Government
- § 4315 — Reemployment by certain Federal agencies
- § 4316 — Rights, benefits, and obligations of persons absent from employment for service in a uniformed service
- § 4317 — Health plans
- § 4318 — Employee pension benefit plans
- § 4319 — Employment and reemployment rights in foreign countries
SUBCHAPTER III—PROCEDURES FOR ASSISTANCE, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATION (sections 4321 to 4327)
- § 4321 — Assistance in obtaining reemployment or other employment rights or benefits
- § 4322 — Enforcement of employment or reemployment rights
- § 4323 — Enforcement of rights with respect to a State or private employer
- § 4324 — Enforcement of rights with respect to Federal executive agencies
- § 4325 — Enforcement of rights with respect to certain Federal agencies
- § 4326 — Conduct of investigation; subpoenas
- § 4327 — Noncompliance of Federal officials with deadlines; inapplicability of statutes of limitations
SUBCHAPTER IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (sections 4331 to 4335)
PART IV—GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS (sections 5100 to 6320)
CHAPTER 51—CLAIMS, EFFECTIVE DATES, AND PAYMENTS (sections 5100 to 5126)
SUBCHAPTER I—CLAIMS (sections 5100 to 5109B)
- § 5100 — Definitions
- § 5101 — Claims and forms
- § 5102 — Application forms furnished upon request; notice to claimants of incomplete applications
- § 5103 — Notice to claimants of required information and evidence
- § 5103A — Duty to assist claimants
- § 5104 — Decisions and notices of decisions
- § 5104A — Binding nature of favorable findings
- § 5104B — Higher-level review by the agency of original jurisdiction
- § 5104C — Options following decision by agency of original jurisdiction
- § 5105 — Joint applications for social security and dependency and indemnity compensation
- § 5106 — Furnishing of information by other agencies
- § 5107 — Claimant responsibility; benefit of the doubt
- § 5108 — Supplemental claims
- § 5109 — Independent medical opinions
- § 5109A — Revision of decisions on grounds of clear and unmistakable error
- § 5109B — Expedited treatment of returned and remanded claims
SUBCHAPTER II—EFFECTIVE DATES (sections 5110 to 5113)
SUBCHAPTER III—PAYMENT OF BENEFITS (sections 5120 to 5126)
- § 5120 — Payment of benefits; delivery
- § 5121 — Payment of certain accrued benefits upon death of a beneficiary
- § 5121A — Substitution in case of death of claimant
- § 5122 — Cancellation of checks mailed to deceased payees
- § 5123 — Rounding down of pension rates
- § 5124 — Acceptance of claimant’s statement as proof of relationship
- § 5125 — Acceptance of reports of private physician examinations
- § 5126 — Benefits not to be denied based on lack of mailing address
CHAPTER 53—SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO BENEFITS (sections 5301 to 5321)
- § 5301 — Nonassignability and exempt status of benefits
- § 5302 — Waiver of recovery of claims by the United States
- § 5302A — Collection of indebtedness: certain debts of members of the Armed Forces and veterans who die of injury incurred or aggravated in the line of duty in a combat zone
- § 5302B — Prohibition of debt arising from overpayment due to delay in processing
- § 5303 — Certain bars to benefits
- § 5303A — Minimum active-duty service requirement
- § 5303B — Character of service determinations
- § 5304 — Prohibition against duplication of benefits
- § 5305 — Waiver of retired pay
- § 5306 — Renouncement of right to benefits
- § 5307 — Apportionment of benefits
- § 5308 — Withholding benefits of persons in territory of the enemy
- § 5309 — Payment of certain withheld benefits
- § 5310 — Payment of benefits for month of death
- § 5311 — Prohibition of certain benefit payments
- § 5312 — Annual adjustment of certain benefit rates
- § 5313 — Limitation on payment of compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation to persons incarcerated for conviction of a felony
- § 5313A — Limitation on payment of clothing allowance to incarcerated veterans
- § 5313B — Prohibition on providing certain benefits with respect to persons who are fugitive felons
- § 5314 — Indebtedness offsets
- § 5314A — Dispute of indebtedness
- § 5315 — Interest and administrative cost charges on delinquent payments of certain amounts due the United States
- § 5316 — Authority to sue to collect certain debts
- § 5317 — Use of income information from other agencies: notice and verification
- § 5317A — Use of income information from other agencies: independent verification required before termination or reduction of certain benefits and services
- § 5318 — Review of Social Security Administration death information
- § 5319 — Limitations on access to financial records
- § 5320 — Threshold for reporting debts to consumer reporting agencies
- § 5321 — Benefits helpline
CHAPTER 55—MINORS, INCOMPETENTS, AND OTHER WARDS (sections 5501 to 5510)
- § 5501 — Commitment actions
- § 5501A — Beneficiaries’ rights in mental competence determinations
- § 5502 — Payments to and supervision of fiduciaries
- § 5503 — Hospitalized veterans and estates of incompetent institutionalized veterans
- § 5504 — Administration of trust funds
- § 5505 — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–446, title XII, § 1201(g)(4)(A) , Nov. 2, 1994 , 108 Stat. 4687 ]
- § 5506 — Definition of “fiduciary”
- § 5507 — Inquiry, investigations, and qualification of fiduciaries
- § 5508 — Periodic onsite reviews of institutional fiduciaries
- § 5509 — Authority to require fiduciary to receive payments at regional offices of the Department when failing to provide required accounting
- § 5510 — Annual report
CHAPTER 57—RECORDS AND INVESTIGATIONS (sections 5701 to 5728)
SUBCHAPTER I—RECORDS (sections 5701 to 5706)
SUBCHAPTER II—INVESTIGATIONS (sections 5711 to 5713)
SUBCHAPTER III—INFORMATION SECURITY (sections 5721 to 5728)
CHAPTER 59—AGENTS AND ATTORNEYS (sections 5901 to 5906)
- § 5901 — Prohibition against acting as claims agent or attorney
- § 5902 — Recognition of representatives of organizations
- § 5903 — Recognition with respect to particular claims
- § 5904 — Recognition of agents and attorneys generally
- § 5905 — Penalty for certain acts
- § 5906 — Availability of legal assistance at Department facilities
CHAPTER 61—PENAL AND FORFEITURE PROVISIONS (sections 6101 to 6108)
- § 6101 — Misappropriation by fiduciaries
- § 6102 — Fraudulent acceptance of payments
- § 6103 — Forfeiture for fraud
- § 6104 — Forfeiture for treason
- § 6105 — Forfeiture for subversive activities
- § 6106 — Misuse of benefits by fiduciaries
- § 6107 — Reissuance of benefits
- § 6108 — Authority for judicial orders of restitution
CHAPTER 63—OUTREACH ACTIVITIES (sections 6301 to 6320)
SUBCHAPTER I—OUTREACH SERVICES PROGRAM (sections 6301 to 6309)
- § 6301 — Purpose; definitions
- § 6302 — Biennial plan
- § 6303 — Outreach services
- § 6304 — Veterans assistance offices
- § 6305 — Outstationing of counseling and outreach personnel
- § 6306 — Use of other agencies
- § 6307 — Grants to States and Indian Tribes to improve outreach to veterans
- § 6308 — Outreach for eligible dependents
- § 6309 — Biennial report to Congress
SUBCHAPTER II—OTHER OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES (section 6320)
PART V—BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES (sections 7101 to 7907)
CHAPTER 71—BOARD OF VETERANS’ APPEALS (sections 7101 to 7114)
- § 7101 — Composition of Board of Veterans’ Appeals
- § 7101A — Members of Board: appointment; pay; performance review
- § 7102 — Assignment of members of Board
- § 7103 — Reconsideration; correction of obvious errors
- § 7104 — Jurisdiction of the Board; decisions; notice
- § 7105 — Filing of appeal
- § 7105A — Simultaneously contested claims
- § 7106 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–55, § 2(s)(1) , Aug. 23, 2017 , 131 Stat. 1112 ]
- § 7107 — Appeals: dockets; hearings
- § 7108 — Rejection of applications
- § 7109 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–55, § 2(u)(1) , Aug. 23, 2017 , 131 Stat. 1113 ]
- § 7110 — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–271, § 7(b)(2) , July 1, 1994 , 108 Stat. 743 ]
- § 7111 — Revision of decisions on grounds of clear and unmistakable error
- § 7112 — Expedited treatment of certain claims
- § 7113 — Evidentiary record before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals
- § 7114 — Internship program
CHAPTER 72—UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS (sections 7251 to 7299)
SUBCHAPTER I—ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION (sections 7251 to 7257)
SUBCHAPTER II—PROCEDURE (sections 7261 to 7269)
- § 7261 — Scope of review
- § 7262 — Fee for filing appeals
- § 7263 — Representation of parties; fee agreements
- § 7264 — Rules of practice and procedure
- § 7265 — Contempt authority; assistance to the Court
- § 7266 — Notice of appeal
- § 7267 — Decisions
- § 7268 — Availability of proceedings
- § 7269 — Publication of decisions
SUBCHAPTER III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (sections 7281 to 7288)
SUBCHAPTER IV—DECISIONS AND REVIEW (sections 7291 to 7292)
SUBCHAPTER V—RETIREMENT AND SURVIVORS ANNUITIES (sections 7296 to 7299)
CHAPTER 73—VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS (sections 7301 to 7382)
SUBCHAPTER I—ORGANIZATION (sections 7301 to 7310A)
- § 7301 — Functions of Veterans Health Administration: in general
- § 7302 — Functions of Veterans Health Administration: health-care personnel education and training programs
- § 7303 — Functions of Veterans Health Administration: research programs
- § 7304 — Regulations
- § 7305 — Divisions of Veterans Health Administration
- § 7306 — Office of the Under Secretary for Health
- § 7307 — Office of Research Oversight
- § 7308 — Office of Rural Health
- § 7309 — Readjustment Counseling Service
- § 7309A — Office of Patient Advocacy
- § 7310 — Office of Women’s Health
- § 7310A — Annual reports on Women’s Health
SUBCHAPTER II—GENERAL AUTHORITY AND ADMINISTRATION (sections 7311 to 7330D)
- § 7311 — Quality assurance
- § 7311A — Quality management officers
- § 7312 — Special medical advisory group
- § 7313 — Advisory committees: affiliated institutions
- § 7314 — Geriatric research, education, and clinical centers
- § 7315 — Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee
- § 7316 — Malpractice and negligence suits: defense by United States
- § 7317 — Hazardous research projects: indemnification of contractors
- § 7318 — National Center for Preventive Health
- § 7319 — Mammography quality standards
- § 7320 — Centers for mental illness research, education, and clinical activities
- § 7321 — Committee on Care of Severely Chronically Mentally Ill Veterans
- § 7321A — Committee on Care of Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury
- § 7322 — Breast cancer mammography policy
- § 7323 — Required consultations with nurses
- § 7324 — Annual report on use of authorities to enhance retention of experienced nurses
- § 7325 — Medical emergency preparedness centers
- § 7326 — Education and training programs on medical response to consequences of terrorist activities
- § 7327 — Centers for research, education, and clinical activities on complex multi-trauma associated with combat injuries
- § 7328 — Medical preparedness centers
- § 7329 — Parkinson’s Disease research, education, and clinical centers
- § 7330 — Multiple sclerosis centers of excellence
- § 7330A — Epilepsy centers of excellence
- § 7330B — Annual report on Veterans Health Administration and furnishing of hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care
- § 7330C — Quadrennial Veterans Health Administration review
- § 7330D — Inapplicability of Paperwork Reduction Act to research activities
SUBCHAPTER III—PROTECTION OF PATIENT RIGHTS (sections 7331 to 7334)
SUBCHAPTER IV—RESEARCH CORPORATIONS (sections 7361 to 7368)
- § 7361 — Authority to establish; status
- § 7362 — Purpose of corporations
- § 7363 — Board of directors; executive director
- § 7364 — General powers
- § 7364A — Renumbered § 7365]
- § 7365 — Coverage of employees under certain Federal tort claims laws
- § 7366 — Accountability and oversight
- § 7367 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–14, § 8(a)(14)(A) , June 5, 2001 , 115 Stat. 35 ]
- § 7368 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–387, title VIII, § 806(a) , Oct. 10, 2008 , 122 Stat. 4141 ]
SUBCHAPTER V—RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (sections 7381 to 7382)
CHAPTER 74—VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—PERSONNEL (sections 7401 to 7474)
SUBCHAPTER I—APPOINTMENTS (sections 7401 to 7414)
- § 7401 — Appointments in Veterans Health Administration
- § 7402 — Qualifications of appointees
- § 7403 — Period of appointments; promotions
- § 7404 — Grades and pay scales
- § 7404A — Awards
- § 7405 — Temporary full-time appointments, part-time appointments, and without-compensation appointments
- § 7406 — Residencies and internships
- § 7407 — Administrative provisions for section 7405 and 7406 appointments
- § 7408 — Appointment of additional employees
- § 7409 — Contracts for scarce medical specialist services
- § 7410 — Additional pay authorities
- § 7411 — Full-time board-certified physicians and dentists: reimbursement of continuing professional education expenses
- § 7412 — Annual determination of staffing shortages; recruitment and appointment for needed occupations
- § 7413 — Treatment of podiatrists; clinical oversight standards
- § 7414 — Compliance with requirements for examining qualifications and clinical abilities of health care professionals
SUBCHAPTER II—COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION (sections 7421 to 7426)
SUBCHAPTER III—PAY FOR PHYSICIANS, PODIATRISTS, OPTOMETRISTS, AND DENTISTS (sections 7431 to 7433)
SUBCHAPTER IV—PAY FOR NURSES AND OTHER HEALTH-CARE PERSONNEL (sections 7451 to 7459)
- § 7451 — Nurses and other health-care personnel: competitive pay
- § 7452 — Nurses and other health-care personnel: administration of pay
- § 7453 — Nurses: additional pay
- § 7454 — Physician assistants and other health care professionals: additional pay
- § 7455 — Increases in rates of basic pay
- § 7456 — Nurses: special rules for weekend duty
- § 7456A — Nurses: alternate work schedules
- § 7457 — On-call pay
- § 7458 — Recruitment and retention bonus pay
- § 7459 — Nursing staff: special rules for overtime duty
SUBCHAPTER V—DISCIPLINARY AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES (sections 7461 to 7464)
SUBCHAPTER VI—REGIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION CENTERS (sections 7471 to 7474)
CHAPTER 75—VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AND ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY PROFESSIONALS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (sections 7501 to 7505)
CHAPTER 76—HEALTH PROFESSIONALS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (sections 7601 to 7699B)
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL (sections 7601 to 7604)
SUBCHAPTER II—SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (sections 7611 to 7619)
SUBCHAPTER III—TUITION REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM (sections 7621 to 7625)
SUBCHAPTER IV—ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS (sections 7631 to 7636)
SUBCHAPTER V—STIPEND PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE (sections 7651 to 7655)
SUBCHAPTER VI—EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (sections 7671 to 7676)
SUBCHAPTER VII—EDUCATION DEBT REDUCTION PROGRAM (sections 7681 to 7684)
SUBCHAPTER VIII—SPECIALTY EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM (sections 7691 to 7697)
SUBCHAPTER IX—READJUSTMENT COUNSELING SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (sections 7698 to 7699B)
CHAPTER 77—VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION (sections 7701 to 7734)
SUBCHAPTER I—ORGANIZATION; GENERAL (sections 7701 to 7703)
SUBCHAPTER II—QUALITY ASSURANCE (sections 7731 to 7734)
CHAPTER 78—VETERANS’ CANTEEN SERVICE (sections 7801 to 7810)
- § 7801 — Purpose of Veterans’ Canteen Service
- § 7802 — Duties of Secretary with respect to Service
- § 7803 — Operation of Service
- § 7804 — Financing of Service
- § 7805 — Revolving fund
- § 7806 — Budget of Service
- § 7807 — Audit of accounts
- § 7808 — Service to be independent unit
- § 7809 — Child-care centers
- § 7810 — Exemption from personnel ceilings
CHAPTER 79—INFORMATION SECURITY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (sections 7901 to 7907)
PART VI—ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY (sections 8101 to 8528)
CHAPTER 81—ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF HOSPITAL AND DOMICILIARY FACILITIES; PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY; ENHANCED-USE LEASES OF REAL PROPERTY (sections 8101 to 8175)
SUBCHAPTER I—ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF MEDICAL FACILITIES (sections 8101 to 8120)
- § 8101 — Definitions
- § 8102 — Acquisition of medical facilities
- § 8103 — Authority to construct and alter, and to acquire sites for, medical facilities
- § 8104 — Congressional approval of certain medical facility acquisitions
- § 8105 — Structural requirements
- § 8106 — Construction contracts
- § 8107 — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–163, title V, § 501(b)(1) , May 5, 2010 , 124 Stat. 1157 ]
- § 8108 — Contributions to local authorities
- § 8109 — Parking facilities
- § 8110 — Operation of medical facilities
- § 8111 — Sharing of Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense health care resources
- § 8111A — Furnishing of health-care services to members of the Armed Forces during a war or national emergency
- § 8111B — Shared medical facilities with Department of Defense
- § 8112 — Partial relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction
- § 8113 — Property formerly owned by National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
- § 8114 — Use of federally owned facilities; use of personnel
- § 8115 — Acceptance of certain property
- § 8116 — Nursing home revolving fund
- § 8117 — Emergency preparedness
- § 8118 — Authority for transfer of real property; Department of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund
- § 8119 — Annual report on outpatient clinics
- § 8120 — Quarterly report on super construction projects
SUBCHAPTER II—PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY (sections 8121 to 8129)
- § 8121 — Revolving supply fund
- § 8122 — Authority to procure and dispose of property and to negotiate for common services
- § 8123 — Procurement of prosthetic appliances
- § 8124 — Grant of easements in Government-owned lands
- § 8125 — Procurement of health-care items
- § 8126 — Limitation on prices of drugs procured by Department and certain other Federal agencies
- § 8127 — Small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans: contracting goals and preferences
- § 8128 — Small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans: contracting priority
- § 8129 — Preference for offerors employing veterans
SUBCHAPTER III—STATE HOME FACILITIES FOR FURNISHING DOMICILIARY, NURSING HOME, AND HOSPITAL CARE (sections 8131 to 8138)
- § 8131 — Definitions
- § 8132 — Declaration of purpose
- § 8133 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 8134 — General regulations
- § 8135 — Applications with respect to projects; payments
- § 8136 — Recapture provisions
- § 8137 — State control of operations
- § 8138 — Treatment of certain health facilities as State homes
SUBCHAPTER IV—SHARING OF MEDICAL FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, AND INFORMATION (sections 8151 to 8159)
- § 8151 — Statement of congressional purpose
- § 8152 — Definitions
- § 8153 — Sharing of health-care resources
- § 8154 — Exchange of medical information
- § 8155 — Pilot programs; grants to medical schools
- § 8156 — Coordination with health services development activities carried out under the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974
- § 8157 — Joint title to medical equipment
- § 8158 — Deposit in escrow
- § 8159 — Authority to pay for services authorized but not subject to an agreement
SUBCHAPTER V—ENHANCED-USE LEASES OF REAL PROPERTY (sections 8161 to 8169)
- § 8161 — Definitions
- § 8162 — Enhanced-use leases
- § 8163 — Hearing and notice requirements regarding proposed leases
- § 8164 — Authority for disposition of leased property
- § 8165 — Use of proceeds
- § 8166 — Construction standards
- § 8167 — Exemption from State and local taxes
- § 8168 — Annual reports
- § 8169 — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–168, title VII, § 705(d) , Aug. 10, 2022 , 136 Stat. 1800 ]
SUBCHAPTER VI—INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES (sections 8171 to 8175)
- § 8171 — Definitions
- § 8172 — Management of major information technology projects
- § 8173 — Information technology activities of the Financial Services Center
- § 8174 — Submission of annual reviews of information technology
- § 8175 — Information technology matters to be included in budget justification materials for the Department
CHAPTER 82—ASSISTANCE IN ESTABLISHING NEW STATE MEDICAL SCHOOLS; GRANTS TO AFFILIATED MEDICAL SCHOOLS; ASSISTANCE TO HEALTH MANPOWER TRAINING INSTITUTIONS (sections 8201 to 8241)
SUBCHAPTER I—PILOT PROGRAM FOR ASSISTANCE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW STATE MEDICAL SCHOOLS (sections 8211 to 8214)
SUBCHAPTER II—GRANTS TO AFFILIATED MEDICAL SCHOOLS (sections 8221 to 8223)
SUBCHAPTER III—ASSISTANCE TO PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH MANPOWER INSTITUTIONS AFFILIATED WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE THE PRODUCTION OF PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER HEALTH PERSONNEL (sections 8231 to 8233)
SUBCHAPTER IV—EXPANSION OF DEPARTMENT HOSPITAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING CAPACITY (section 8241)
CHAPTER 83—ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS AND BEQUESTS (sections 8301 to 8305)
CHAPTER 85—DISPOSITION OF DECEASED VETERANS’ PERSONAL PROPERTY (sections 8501 to 8528)
SUBCHAPTER I—PROPERTY LEFT ON DEPARTMENT FACILITY (sections 8501 to 8510)
- § 8501 — Vesting of property left by decedents
- § 8502 — Disposition of unclaimed personal property
- § 8503 — Notice of provisions of this subchapter
- § 8504 — Disposition of other unclaimed property
- § 8505 — Sale or other disposition of property
- § 8506 — Notice of sale
- § 8507 — Payment of small shipping charges
- § 8508 — Relinquishment of Federal jurisdiction
- § 8509 — Definitions
- § 8510 — Finality of decisions
SUBCHAPTER II—DEATH WHILE PATIENT OF DEPARTMENT FACILITY (sections 8520 to 8528)
- § 8520 — Vesting of property left by decedents
- § 8521 — Presumption of contract for disposition of personalty
- § 8522 — Sale of assets accruing to the Fund
- § 8523 — Disbursements from the Fund
- § 8524 — Disposal of remaining assets
- § 8525 — Court actions
- § 8526 — Filing of claims for assets
- § 8527 — Notice of provisions of subchapter
- § 8528 — Investment of the Fund