Federal
Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits
1,197 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 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- § 5505 — Repealed.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
- § 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
- § 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
- § 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
- § 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
- § 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
- § 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 ]
- § 711 — Grade reductions
- § 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
- § 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
- § 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
- § 726 — Annual report on performance awards and bonuses awarded to certain high-level employees
- § 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
- § 727 — Reassignment of senior executives
- § 728 — Misuse of Department purchase cards
- § 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
- § 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
- § 731 — Adverse actions against supervisory employees who commit prohibited personnel actions relating to whistleblower complaints
- § 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
- § 732 — Protection of whistleblowers as criteria in evaluation of supervisors
- § 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
- § 733 — Training regarding whistleblower disclosures
- § 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
- § 734 to 736 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–41, title I, § 102(a)(1) , June 23, 2017 , 131 Stat. 865 ]
- § 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
- § 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
- § 741 — Executive Management Fellowship Program
- § 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