Federal · Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits
38 U.S.C. § 1720E: Nasopharyngeal radium irradiation
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The Secretary may provide any veteran a medical examination, and hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care, which the Secretary determines is needed for the treatment of any cancer of the head or neck which the Secretary finds may be associated with the veteran’s receipt of nasopharyngeal radium irradiation treatments in active military, naval, air, or space service. served as an aviator in the active military, naval, or air service before the end of the Korean conflict; or underwent submarine training in active naval service before January 1, 1965 .
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