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FEDERAL · U.S. CODE
Title 38 — Veterans' Benefits
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Chapter 1
GENERAL
§ 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
§ 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
Chapter 5
AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY
§ 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
§ 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
§ 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
§ 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
§ 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
§ 741
Executive Management Fellowship Program
Chapter 9
SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ON PROPERTY UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT
§ 901
Authority to prescribe rules for conduct and penalties for violations
§ 902
Enforcement and arrest authority of Department police officers
§ 903
Uniform allowance
§ 904
Equipment and weapons
§ 905
Use of facilities and services of other law enforcement agencies
Chapter 11
COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH
§ 1101
Definitions
§ 1102
Special provisions relating to surviving spouses
§ 1103
Special provisions relating to claims based upon effects of tobacco products
§ 1104
Cost-of-living adjustments
§ 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
§ 1121
Basic entitlement
§ 1122
Rates of wartime death compensation
§ 1131
Basic entitlement
§ 1132
Presumption of sound condition
§ 1133
Presumptions relating to certain diseases
§ 1134
Rates of peacetime disability compensation
§ 1135
Additional compensation for dependents
§ 1136
Vacant
§ 1137
Wartime presumptions for certain veterans
§ 1141
Basic entitlement
§ 1142
Rates of peacetime death compensation
§ 1143
Vacant
§ 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
1 Outreach pursuant to changes in presumptions of service connection
§ 1168
Medical nexus examinations for toxic exposure risk activities
§ 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
§ 1301
Definitions
§ 1302
Determination of pay grade
§ 1303
Cost-of-living adjustments
§ 1304
Special provisions relating to surviving spouses
§ 1305
Reevaluation of dependency and indemnity compensation determinations pursuant to changes in presumptions of service connection
§ 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
§ 1321
Certifications with respect to pay grade
§ 1322
Certifications with respect to social security entitlement
§ 1323
Certifications with respect to circumstances of death
Chapter 15
PENSION FOR NON-SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH OR FOR SERVICE
§ 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
§ 1510
Vacant
§ 1511
Indian War veterans
§ 1512
Spanish-American War veterans
§ 1513
Veterans 65 years of age and older
§ 1521
Veterans of a period of war
§ 1522
Net worth limitation
§ 1523
Combination of ratings
§ 1524
Vocational training for certain pension recipients
§ 1525
Protection of health-care eligibility
§ 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
§ 1541
Surviving spouses of veterans of a period of war
§ 1542
Children of veterans of a period of war
§ 1543
Net worth limitation
§ 1544
Vacant
§ 1562
Special provisions relating to pension
Chapter 17
HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE
§ 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
§ 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
§ 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
§ 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
§ 1741
Criteria for payment
§ 1742
Inspections of such homes; restrictions on beneficiaries
§ 1743
Applications
§ 1744
Hiring and retention of nurses: payments to assist States
§ 1745
Nursing home care, adult day health care, and medications for veterans with service-connected disabilities
§ 1751
Screening, counseling, and medical treatment
§ 1752
Research
§ 1753
Voluntary participation; confidentiality
§ 1754
Reports
§ 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
§ 1801
Repealed. Pub. L. 106–419, title IV, §401(c)(1), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1860
§ 1802
Spina bifida conditions covered
§ 1803
Health care
§ 1804
Vocational training and rehabilitation
§ 1805
Monetary allowance
§ 1806
Repealed. Pub. L. 106–419, title IV, §401(c)(3), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1860
§ 1811
Definitions
§ 1812
Covered birth defects
§ 1813
Health care
§ 1814
Vocational training
§ 1815
Monetary allowance
§ 1816
Regulations
§ 1821
Benefits for children of certain Korea service veterans born with spina bifida
§ 1822
Benefits for children of certain Thailand service veterans born with spina bifida
§ 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
§ 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
§ 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
§ 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
§ 1981
Replacement of surrendered and expired insurance
§ 1982
Administrative cost
§ 1983
Settlements for minors or incompetents
§ 1984
Suits on insurance
§ 1985
Decisions by the Secretary
§ 1986
Deposits in and disbursements from trust funds
§ 1987
Penalties
§ 1988
Savings provision
Chapter 20
BENEFITS FOR HOMELESS VETERANS
§ 2001
Purpose
§ 2002
Definitions
§ 2003
Staffing requirements
§ 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
§ 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
§ 2031
General treatment
§ 2032
Therapeutic housing
§ 2033
Additional services at certain locations
§ 2034
Coordination with other agencies and organizations
§ 2041
Housing assistance for homeless veterans
§ 2042
Supported housing for veterans participating in compensated work therapies
§ 2043
Domiciliary care programs
§ 2044
Financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing
§ 2051
General authority
§ 2052
Requirements
§ 2053
Default
§ 2054
Audit
§ 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
§ 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
§ 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
§ 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
Chapter 30
ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
§ 3001
Purposes
§ 3002
Definitions
§ 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
§ 3021
Supplemental educational assistance for additional service
§ 3022
Amount of supplemental educational assistance
§ 3023
Payment of supplemental educational assistance under this subchapter
§ 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
§ 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
§ 3201
Purpose
§ 3202
Definitions
§ 3221
Eligibility
§ 3222
Contributions; matching fund
§ 3223
Refunds of contributions upon disenrollment
§ 3224
Death of participant
§ 3225
Discharge or release under conditions which would bar the use of benefits
§ 3231
Entitlement; loan eligibility
§ 3232
Duration; limitations
§ 3233
Apprenticeship or other on-job training
§ 3234
Tutorial assistance
§ 3241
Requirements
§ 3242
Vacant
§ 3243
Deposits; reports
Chapter 33
POST–9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
§ 3301
Definitions
§ 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
§ 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
§ 3451
Purpose
§ 3452
Definitions
§ 3461
Eligibility; entitlement; duration
§ 3462
Time limitations for completing a program of education
§ 3463
Vacant
§ 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
§ 3481
Educational assistance allowance
§ 3482
Computation of educational assistance allowances
§ 3482A
Vacant
§ 3483
Approval of courses
§ 3484
Apprenticeship or other on-job training; correspondence courses
§ 3485
Work-study allowance
§ 3490
Purpose
§ 3491
Elementary and secondary education and preparatory educational assistance
§ 3492
Tutorial assistance
§ 3493
Effect on educational entitlement
Chapter 35
SURVIVORS' AND DEPENDENTS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
§ 3500
Purpose
§ 3501
Definitions
§ 3510
Eligibility and entitlement generally
§ 3511
Duration of educational assistance
§ 3512
Periods of eligibility
§ 3513
Application
§ 3514
Processing of applications
§ 3520
Educational and vocational counseling
§ 3521
Approval of application
§ 3522
Vacant
§ 3523
Disapproval of enrollment in certain courses
§ 3524
Discontinuance for unsatisfactory progress
§ 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
§ 3540
Purpose
§ 3541
Entitlement to special restorative training
§ 3542
Special training allowance
§ 3543
Special administrative provisions
§ 3561
Authority and duties of Secretary
§ 3562
Nonduplication of benefits
§ 3563
Notification of eligibility
§ 3564
Annual adjustment of amounts of educational assistance
§ 3565
Children of certain Philippine veterans
§ 3566
Definitions
Chapter 36
ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS
§ 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
§ 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
§ 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
§ 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
§ 3710
Purchase or construction of homes
§ 3711
Direct loans to veterans
§ 3712
Loans to purchase manufactured homes and lots
§ 3713
Release from liability under guaranty
§ 3714
Assumptions; release from liability
§ 3720
Powers of Secretary
§ 3721
Incontestability
§ 3722
Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund
§ 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
§ 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
§ 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
§ 3771
Repealed. Pub. L. 107–95, §5(d)(3), Dec. 21, 2001, 115 Stat. 918
Chapter 39
AUTOMOBILES AND ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR CERTAIN DISABLED VETERANS AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES
§ 3901
Definitions
§ 3902
Assistance for providing automobile and adaptive equipment
§ 3903
Limitations on assistance; special training courses
§ 3904
Research and development
Chapter 41
JOB COUNSELING, TRAINING, AND PLACEMENT SERVICE FOR VETERANS
§ 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
§ 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
§ 4301
Purposes; sense of Congress
§ 4302
Relation to other law and plans or agreements
§ 4303
Definitions
§ 4304
Character of service
§ 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
§ 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
§ 4331
Regulations
§ 4332
Reports
§ 4333
Outreach
§ 4334
Notice of rights and duties
§ 4335
Training for Federal executive agency human resources personnel on employment and reemployment rights and limitations
Chapter 51
CLAIMS, EFFECTIVE DATES, AND PAYMENTS
§ 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
§ 5110
Effective dates of awards
§ 5111
Commencement of period of payment
§ 5112
Effective dates of reductions and discontinuances
§ 5113
Effective dates of educational benefits
§ 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
§ 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
§ 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
§ 5701
Confidential nature of claims
§ 5702
Furnishing of records
§ 5703
Certification of records of District of Columbia
§ 5704
Transcript of trial records
§ 5705
Confidentiality of medical quality-assurance records
§ 5706
Veterans identification card
§ 5711
Authority to issue subpoenas
§ 5712
Validity of affidavits
§ 5713
Disobedience to subpoena
§ 5721
Purpose
§ 5722
Policy
§ 5723
Responsibilities
§ 5724
Provision of credit protection and other services
§ 5725
Contracts for data processing or maintenance
§ 5726
Reports and notice to Congress on data breaches
§ 5727
Definitions
§ 5728
Authorization of appropriations
Chapter 59
AGENTS AND ATTORNEYS
§ 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
§ 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
§ 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
§ 6320
Solid Start program
Chapter 71
BOARD OF VETERANS' APPEALS
§ 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
§ 7251
Status
§ 7252
Jurisdiction; finality of decisions
§ 7253
Composition
§ 7254
Organization
§ 7255
Offices, duty stations, and residences
§ 7256
Times and places of sessions
§ 7257
Recall of retired judges
§ 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
§ 7281
Employees
§ 7282
Budget and expenditures
§ 7283
Disposition of fees
§ 7284
Fee for transcript of record
§ 7285
Practice and registration fees
§ 7286
Judicial Conference of the Court
§ 7287
Administration
§ 7288
Annual report
§ 7291
Date when Court decision becomes final
§ 7292
Review by United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
§ 7296
Retirement of judges
§ 7297
Survivor annuities
§ 7298
Retirement Fund
§ 7299
Limitation on activities of retired judges
Chapter 73
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS
§ 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
§ 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
§ 7331
Informed consent
§ 7332
Confidentiality of certain medical records
§ 7333
Nondiscrimination against alcohol and drug abusers and persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus
§ 7334
Regulations
§ 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
§ 7381
Office of Research and Development
§ 7382
Research personnel
Chapter 74
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—PERSONNEL
§ 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
§ 7421
Personnel administration: in general
§ 7422
Collective bargaining
§ 7423
Personnel administration: full-time employees
§ 7424
Travel expenses of certain employees
§ 7425
Employees: laws not applicable
§ 7426
Retirement rights
§ 7431
Pay
§ 7432
Pay of Under Secretary for Health
§ 7433
Administrative matters
§ 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
§ 7461
Adverse actions: section 7401(1) employees
§ 7462
Major adverse actions involving professional conduct or competence
§ 7463
Other adverse actions
§ 7464
Disciplinary Appeals Boards
§ 7471
Designation of Regional Medical Education Centers
§ 7472
Supervision and staffing of Centers
§ 7473
Personnel eligible for training
§ 7474
Consultation
Chapter 75
VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AND ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY PROFESSIONALS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
§ 7501
Establishment of scholarship program; purpose
§ 7502
Application and acceptance
§ 7503
Amount of assistance; duration
§ 7504
Agreement
§ 7505
Repayment for failure to satisfy requirements of agreement
Chapter 76
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
§ 7601
Establishment of program; purpose
§ 7602
Eligibility
§ 7603
Application and acceptance
§ 7604
Terms of agreement
§ 7611
Authority for program
§ 7612
Eligibility; application; agreement
§ 7613
Scholarship
§ 7614
Part-time students
§ 7615
Status of participants
§ 7616
Obligated service
§ 7617
Breach of agreement: liability
§ 7618
Additional program requirements
§ 7619
Expiration of program
§ 7621
Authority for program
§ 7622
Eligibility; application; agreement
§ 7623
Obligated service
§ 7624
Breach of agreement: liability
§ 7625
Allocation and distribution of funding
§ 7631
Periodic adjustments in amount of assistance
§ 7632
Annual report
§ 7633
Regulations
§ 7634
Breach of agreement; waiver of liability
§ 7635
Service in other agencies
§ 7636
Exemption of educational assistance payments from taxation
§ 7651
Authority for program
§ 7652
Eligibility: individuals entitled to benefits under the GI Bill program for members of the Selected Reserve
§ 7653
Amount of assistance
§ 7654
Obligated service
§ 7655
Breach of agreement; liability
§ 7671
Authority for program
§ 7672
Eligibility; agreement
§ 7673
Scholarship
§ 7674
Obligated service
§ 7675
Breach of agreement: liability
§ 7676
Repealed. Pub. L. 107–135, title I, §101(a)(1), Jan. 23, 2002, 115 Stat. 2447
§ 7681
Authority for program
§ 7682
Eligibility
§ 7683
Education debt reduction
§ 7684
Repealed. Pub. L. 107–135, title I, §102(a)(1), Jan. 23, 2002, 115 Stat. 2448
§ 7691
Establishment
§ 7692
Purpose
§ 7693
Eligibility; preferences; covered costs
§ 7694
Specialty education loan repayment
§ 7695
Choice of location
§ 7696
Term of obligated service
§ 7697
Relationship to Educational Assistance Program
§ 7698
Requirement for program
§ 7699
Eligibility; agreement
§ 7699A
Obligated service
§ 7699B
Breach of agreement: liability
Chapter 77
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
§ 7701
Organization of the Administration
§ 7703
Functions of the Administration
§ 7731
Establishment
§ 7732
Functions
§ 7732A
Employee certification
§ 7733
Personnel
§ 7734
Annual report to Congress
Chapter 78
VETERANS' CANTEEN SERVICE
§ 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
§ 7901
Programs; purpose
§ 7902
Scholarship program
§ 7903
Education debt reduction program
§ 7904
Preferences in awarding financial assistance
§ 7905
Requirement of honorable discharge for veterans receiving assistance
§ 7906
Regulations
§ 7907
Termination
Chapter 81
ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF HOSPITAL AND DOMICILIARY FACILITIES; PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY; ENHANCED-USE LEASES OF REAL PROPERTY
§ 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
§ 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
§ 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
§ 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
§ 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
§ 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
§ 8201
Coordination with public health programs; administration
§ 8211
Declaration of purpose
§ 8212
Authorization of appropriations
§ 8213
Pilot program assistance
§ 8214
Limitations
§ 8221
Declaration of purpose
§ 8222
Authorization of appropriations
§ 8223
Grants
§ 8231
Declaration of purpose
§ 8232
Definition
§ 8233
Grants
§ 8241
Expenditures to remodel and make special allocations to Department hospitals for health manpower education and training
Chapter 83
ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS AND BEQUESTS
§ 8301
Authority to accept gifts, devises, and bequests
§ 8302
Legal proceedings
§ 8303
Restricted gifts
§ 8304
Disposition of property
§ 8305
Savings provision
Chapter 85
DISPOSITION OF DECEASED VETERANS' PERSONAL PROPERTY
§ 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
§ 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