11. COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH. 13. DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DEATHS. 15. PENSION FOR NON-SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH OR FOR SERVICE. 17. HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE. 19. INSURANCE. 21. SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING FOR DISABLED VETERANS. 23. BURIAL BENEFITS. 24. NATIONAL CEMETERIES AND MEMORIALS. PART III. READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS CHAPTER 30. ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 31. TRAINING AND REHABILITATION FOR VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES. 32. POST-VIETNAM ERA VETERANS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE. 34. VETERANS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE. 35. SURVIVORS' AND DEPENDENTS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE. 36. ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS. 37. HOUSING and SmalL BUSINESS LOANS. 39. AUTOMOBILES AND ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR CERTAIN DISABLED VETERANS AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 41. JOB COUNSELING, TRAINING, AND PLACEMENT SERVICE FOR VETERANS. 42. EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING OF Disabled and VIETNAM ERA VETER ANS. 43. VETERANS' REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS. PART IV. GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS CHAPTER 51. APPLICATIONS, EFFECTIVE Dates, and PAYMENTS. 53. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO BENEFITS. 55. MINORS, INCOMPETENTS, AND OTHER WARDS. 57. RECORDS AND INVESTIGATIONS. 59. AGENTS AND ATTORNEYS. 61. PENAL AND FORFEITURE PROVISIONS. CHAPTER PART V. BOARDS AND DEPARTMENTS 71. BOARD OF VETERANS' APPEALS. 73. DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 75. VETERANS' CANTEEN SERVICE. PART VI. ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY CHAPTER 81. ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF HOSPITAL AND DOMICILIARY FACILITIES; PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY. 82. ASSISTANCE IN ESTABLISHING NEW STATE MEDICAL SCHOOLS; GRANTS TO AFFILIATED MEDICAL SCHOOLS; ASSISTANCE TO HEALTH MANPOWER TRAINING INSTITUTIONS. 83. ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS AND BEQUESTS. 85. DISPOSITION OF DECEASED VETERANS' PERSONAL PROPERTY. TABLE OF SECTIONS 1 PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER 1.-GENERAL Sec. 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. Travel expenses. 112. Presidential memorial certificate program. 113. Treatment of certain programs under sequestration procedures. CHAPTER 3.-VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION; OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES Sec. SUBCHAPTER I.—VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION 201. Veterans' Administration an independent agency. 202. Seal of the Veterans' Administration. 203. Availability of appropriations. SUBCHAPTER II.—ADMINISTRator of VeterANS' AFFAIRS 210. Appointment and general authority of Administrator; Deputy Administrator 211. Decisions by Administrator; opinions of Attorney General. 212. Delegation of authority and assignment of duties. 213. Contracts and personal services. 1 This table of sections of title 38, United States Code, is not part of title 38, but is include for the convenience of the reader. 214. Reports to the Congress. 215. Publication of laws relating to veterans. 217. Studies of rehabilitation of disabled persons. 218. Security and law enforcement on property under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration. 219. Evaluation and data collection. 220. Coordination and promotion of other programs affecting veterans and their dependents. 221. Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War. 222. Advisory Committee on Women Veterans. SUBCHAPTER III.—VETERANS' Administration Regional Offices; EMPLOYEES 233. Employees' apparel; school transportation; recreational equipment; visual exhibits; personal property; emergency transportation of employees. 234. Telephone service for medical officers and facility directors. 235. Benefits to employees at overseas offices who are United States citizens. 236. Administrative settlement of tort claims arising in foreign countries. SUBCHAPTER IV.-VETERANS OUTREACH SERVICES PROGRAM 240. Purpose; definitions. 241. Outreach services. 242. Veterans assistance offices. 243. Outstationing of counseling and outreach personnel. 244. Utilization of other agencies. 245. Report to Congress. 246. Veterans cost-of-instruction payments to institutions of higher learning. PART II. GENERAL BENEFITS CHAPTER 11.-COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH Sec. 301. Definitions. SUBCHAPTER I.-GENERAL 302. Special provisions relating to surviving spouses. SUBCHAPTER II.-WARTIME DISABILITY COMPENSATION 310. Basic entitlement. 311. Presumption of sound condition. 312. Presumptions relating to certain diseases and disabilities. 313. Presumptions rebuttable. 314. Rates of wartime disability compensation. 315. Additional compensation for dependents. SUBCHAPTER VI.-GENERAL COMPENSATION PROVISIONS 351. Benefits for persons disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation. 352. Persons heretofore having a compensable status. 353. Aggravation. 354. Consideration to be accorded time, place, and circumstances of service. 355. Authority for schedule for rating disabilities. 356. [REPEALED.] 357. Combination of certain ratings. 358. Disappearance. 359. Protection of service connection. 360. Special consideration for certain cases of loss of paired organs or extremities 361. Payment of disability compensation in disability severance cases. 362. Clothing allowance. 363. Temporary program for trial work periods and vocational rehabilitation fo certain veterans with total disability ratings. CHAPTER 13.-DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DEATHS SUBCHAPTER I.-GENERAL Sec. 401. Definitions. 402. Computation of basic pay. 403. [REPEALED.] 404. Special provisions relating to surviving spouses. SUBCHAPTER II.-DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION 410. Deaths entitling survivors to dependency and indemnity compensation. 413. Dependency and indemnity compensation to children. 414. Supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation to children. 415. Dependency and indemnity compensation to parents. 416. Dependency and indemnity compensation in cases of prior deaths. 417. Restriction on payments under this chapter. SUBCHAPTER III.-CERTIFICATIONS 421. Certifications with respect to basic pay. 422. Certifications with respect to social security entitlement. 423. Certifications by Administrator. CHAPTER 15.—PENSION FOR NON-SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH OR FOR SERVICE SUBCHAPTER I.-GENERAL Sec. 501. Definitions. 502. Determinations with respect to disability. 503. Determinations with respect to annual income. 504. Persons heretofore having a pensionable status. 505. Payment of pension during confinement in penal institutions. 506. Resource reports and overpayment adjustments. 524. Temporary program of vocational training for certain new pension recipients. 525. Temporary protection of health-care eligibility. SUBCHAPTER III.—PENSIONS TO SURVIVING SPOUSES AND CHILDREN 531. [REPEALED.] Wars Before World War I 532. Surviving spouses of Civil War veterans. 533. Children of Civil War veterans. 534. Surviving spouses of Indian War veterans. 535. Children of Indian War veterans. 536. Surviving spouses of Spanish-American War veterans. 537. Children of Spanish-American War veterans. Mexican border period, World War I, World War II, the Korean conflict, and the Vietnam era 541. Surviving spouses of veterans of a period of war. 542. Children of veterans of a period of war. 543. Net worth limitation. 544. [REPEALED.] SUBCHAPTER IV.-ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, and Coast GUARD Sec. CHAPTER 17.-HOSPITAL, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE 601. Definitions. SUBCHAPTER I.-GENERAL 602. Presumption relating to psychosis. 603. Contracts for hospital care and medical services in non-Veterans' Administration facilities. SUBCHAPTER II.-HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME OR DOMICILIARY CARE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT 610. Eligibility for hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care. 511. Care during examinations and in emergencies. 512. Eligibility for medical treatment. 512A. Eligibility for readjustment counseling and related mental health services. 512B. Counseling for former prisoners of war. 513. Medical care for survivors and dependents of certain veterans. 514. Fitting and training in use of prosthetic appliances; seeing-eye dogs. $15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Tobacco for hospitalized veterans. Hospital care by other agencies of the United States. Invalid lifts and other devices. Therapeutic and rehabilitative activities. Repair or replacement of certain prosthetic and other appliances. 20A. Treatment and rehabilitation for alcohol or drug dependence or abuse disabil ities. 20B. Respite care. 20C. Community-based psychiatric residential treatment for chronically mentally ill veterans. SUBCHAPTER III.-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING To Hospital and NURSING HOME CARE and Medical Treatment of VETERANS 21. Power to make rules and regulations. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. Determination of inability to defray necessary expenses; income thresholds. Hospital care medical services, and nursing home care abroad. [REPEALED.] Reimbursement for loss of personal effects by natural disaster. |