Federal
Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits
1,197 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 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
- § 1761 to 1764 — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–585, title V, § 514(a) , Nov. 4, 1992 , 106 Stat. 4958 ]
- § 1771 to 1774 — Renumbered §§ 2031 to 2034]
- § 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
- § 1801 — Repealed.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- § 1806 — Repealed.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
- § 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
- § 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
- § 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
- § 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
- § 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
- § 3001 — Purposes
- § 3002 — Definitions
- § 301 — Department
- § 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