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38 U.S.C. § 3901 — Definitions
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For purposes of this chapter:
(1) The term “eligible person” means the following:
(A) Any veteran entitled to compensation under chapter 11 of this title for any of the following disabilities, if the disability is the result of an injury incurred or disease contracted in or aggravated by active military, naval, air, or space service:
(i) The loss or permanent loss of use of one or both feet.
(ii) The loss or permanent loss of use of one or both hands.
(iii) The permanent impairment of vision of both eyes of the following status: central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye, with corrective glasses, or central visual acuity of more than 20/200 if there is a field defect in which the peripheral field has contracted to such an extent that the widest diameter of visual field subtends an angular distance no greater than twenty degrees in the better eye.
(iv) A severe burn injury (as determined pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary).
(B) Any member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who is suffering from any disability described in clause (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of subparagraph (A) if such disability is the result of an injury incurred or disease contracted in or aggravated by active military, naval, air, or space service.
(2) The term “adaptive equipment” includes, but is not limited to, power steering, power brakes, power window lifts, power seats, special equipment necessary to assist the eligible person into and out of the automobile or other conveyance, and nonarticulating trailers solely designed to transport powered wheelchairs, powered scooters, or other similar mobility devices. Such term also includes (A) air-conditioning equipment when such equipment is necessary to the health and safety of the vetera
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For purposes of this chapter:
(1) The term “eligible person” means the following:
(A) Any veteran entitled to compensation under chapter 11 of this title for any of the following disabilities, if the disability is the result of an injury incurred or disease contracted in or aggravated by active military, naval, air, or space service:
(i) The loss or permanent loss of use of one or both feet.
(ii) The loss or permanent loss of use of one or both hands.
(iii) The permanent impairment of vision of both eyes of the following status: central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye, with corrective glasses, or central visual acuity of more than 20/200 if there is a field defect in which the peripheral field has contracted to such an extent that the widest diameter of visual field subtends an angular distance no greater than twenty degrees in the better eye.
(iv) A severe burn injury (as determined pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary).
(B) Any member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who is suffering from any disability described in clause (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of subparagraph (A) if such disability is the result of an injury incurred or disease contracted in or aggravated by active military, naval, air, or space service.
(2) The term “adaptive equipment” includes, but is not limited to, power steering, power brakes, power window lifts, power seats, special equipment necessary to assist the eligible person into and out of the automobile or other conveyance, and nonarticulating trailers solely designed to transport powered wheelchairs, powered scooters, or other similar mobility devices. Such term also includes (A) air-conditioning equipment when such equipment is necessary to the health and safety of the veteran and to the safety of others, regardless of whether the automobile or other conveyance is to be operated by the eligible person or is to be operated for such person by another person; and (B) any modification of the size of the interior space of the automobile or other conveyance if needed because of the physical condition of such person in order for such person to enter or operate the vehicle.
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For the purposes of this chapter—
(1) The term “veteran” includes a person who died in the active military, naval, air, or space service.
(2) The term “period of war” includes, in the case of any veteran—
(A) any period of service performed by such veteran after November 11, 1918, and before July 2, 1921, if such veteran served in the active military, naval, air, or space service after April 5, 1917, and before November 12, 1918; and
(B) any period of continuous service performed by such veteran after December 31, 1946, and before July 26, 1947, if such period began before January 1, 1947.
(3) The term “chronic disease” includes—Anemia, primary Arteriosclerosis Arthritis Atrophy, progressive muscular Brain hemorrhage Brain thrombosis Bronchiectasis Calculi of the kidney, bladder, or gallbladder Cardiovascular-renal disease, including hypertension Cirrhosis of the liver Coccidioidomycosis Diabetes mellitus Encephalitis lethargica residuals Endocarditis Endocrinopathies Epilepsies Hansen’s disease Hodgkin’s disease Leukemia Lupus erythematosus, systemic Myasthenia gravis Myelitis Myocarditis Nephritis Organic diseases of the nervous system Osteitis deformans (Paget’s disease) Osteomalacia Palsy, bulbar Paralysis agitans Psychoses Purpura idiopathic, hemorrhagic Raynaud’s disease Sarcoidosis Scleroderma Sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis, multiple Syringomyelia Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger’s disease) Tuberculosis, active Tumors, malignant, or of the brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves Ulcers, peptic (gastric or duodenal) and such other chronic diseases as the Secretary may add to this list.
(4) The term “tropical disease” includes—Amebiasis Blackwater fever Cholera Dracontiasis Dysentery Filiariasis Hansen’s disease Leishmaniasis, including kal
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For the purposes of this title—
(1) The terms “Secretary” and “Department” mean the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Veterans Affairs, respectively.
(2) The term “veteran” means a person who served in the active military, naval, air, or space service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.
(3) The term “surviving spouse” means (except for purposes of chapter 19 of this title) a person who was the spouse of a veteran at the time of the veteran’s death, and who lived with the veteran continuously from the date of marriage to the date of the veteran’s death (except where there was a separation which was due to the misconduct of, or procured by, the veteran without the fault of the spouse) and who has not remarried.
(4)
(A) The term “child” means (except for purposes of chapter 19 of this title (other than with respect to a child who is an insurable dependent under subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 1965(10) of such chapter) and [section 8502(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section8502/b&num=0&edition=prelim)) a person who is unmarried and—
(i) who is under the age of eighteen years;
(ii) who, before attaining the age of eighteen years, became permanently incapable of self-support; or
(iii) who, after attaining the age of eighteen years and until completion of education or training (but not after attaining the age of twenty-three years), is pursuing a course of instruction at an approved educational institution;
and who is a legitimate child, a legally adopted child, a stepchild who is a member of a veteran’s household or was a member at the time of the veteran’s death, or an illegitimate child but, as to the alleged father, onl
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For the purposes of this subchapter—
(1) The term “insurance” means National Service Life Insurance.
(2) The terms “widow” or “widower” mean a person who was the lawful spouse of the insured at the maturity of the insurance.
(3) The term “child” means a legitimate child, an adopted child, and, if designated as beneficiary by the insured, a stepchild or an illegitimate child.
(4) The terms “parent”, “father”, and “mother” mean a father, mother, father through adoption, mother through adoption, persons who have stood in loco parentis to a member of the military or naval forces at any time before entry into active service for a period of not less than one year, and a stepparent, if designated as beneficiary by the insured.
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**(a)** The Secretary, under regulations which the Secretary shall prescribe, shall provide or assist in providing an automobile or other conveyance to each eligible person by paying the total purchase price of the automobile or other conveyance (including all State, local, and other taxes) or $18,900 (as adjusted from time to time under subsection (e)),11 See Special Benefit Allowance Rates note below. whichever is the lesser, to the seller from whom the eligible person is purchasing under a sales agreement between the seller and the eligible person.
**(b)**
(1) The Secretary, under regulations which the Secretary shall prescribe, shall provide each eligible person the adaptive equipment deemed necessary to insure that the eligible person will be able to operate the automobile or other conveyance in a manner consistent with such person’s own safety and the safety of others and so as to satisfy the applicable standards of licensure established by the State of such person’s residency or other proper licensing authority.
(2) In the case of any veteran (other that a person eligible for assistance under paragraph (1) of this subsection) who is entitled to compensation for ankylosis of one or both knees, or one or both hips, the Secretary, under the terms and conditions set forth in subsections (a), (c), and (d) of [section 3903 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3903&num=0&edition=prelim) and under regulations which the Secretary shall prescribe, shall provide such adaptive equipment to overcome the disability resulting from such ankylosis as (A) is necessary to meet the applicable standards of licensure established by the State of such veteran’s residency or other proper licensing authority for the operation of suc
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**(a)**
(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), no eligible person shall be entitled to receive more than one automobile or other conveyance under the provisions of this chapter, and no payment shall be made under this chapter for the repair, maintenance, or replacement of an automobile or other conveyance.
(2) The Secretary may provide or assist in providing an eligible person with a second automobile or other conveyance under this chapter if—
(A) the Secretary receives satisfactory evidence that the automobile or other conveyance previously purchased with assistance under this chapter was destroyed—
(i) as a result of a natural or other disaster, as determined by the Secretary; and
(ii) through no fault of the eligible person; and
(B) the eligible person does not otherwise receive from a property insurer compensation for the loss.
(3) The Secretary may provide or assist in providing an eligible person with an additional automobile or other conveyance under this chapter—
(A) if more than 30 years have elapsed since the eligible person most recently received an automobile or other conveyance under this chapter; or
(B) beginning on the day that is 10 years after date 11 So in original. Probably should be preceded by “the”. of the enactment of the Veterans Auto and Education Improvement Act of 2022, if more than 10 years have elapsed since the eligible person most recently received an automobile or other conveyance under this chapter.
**(b)**
(1) Except as provided in subsection (d) of [section 3902 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3902&num=0&edition=prelim), no eligible person shall be provided an automobile or other conveyance under this chapter until it is established to the
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**(a)** In carrying out medical and prosthetic research under [section 7303 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section7303&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary, through the Under Secretary for Health, shall provide for special emphasis on the research and development of adaptive equipment and adapted conveyances (including vans) meeting standards of safety and quality prescribed under subsection (d) of section 3903, including support for the production and distribution of devices and conveyances so developed.
**(b)** In carrying out subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary, through the Under Secretary for Health, shall consult and cooperate with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education, in connection with programs carried out under section 204(b)(3) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (relating to the establishment and support of Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers).
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 3901
Par. (5). Pub. L. 109–233, § 104(b), added par. (5).
[SUBCHAPTER VI—TRANSFERRED]
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Former subchapter VI of this chapter, other than sec-
tion 3771, was transferred to subchapter VI of chapter 20
of this title and inserted after section 2043 of this title,
and sections 3772 to 3775 were renumbered sections 2051
to 2054 of this title, respectively, by Pub. L. 107–95,
§ 5(d)(1), Dec. 21, 2001, 115 Stat. 918.
[§ 3771. Repealed. Pub. L. 107–95, § 5(d)(3), Dec.
21, 2001, 115 Stat. 918]
Section, added Pub. L. 105–368, title VI, § 601(a), Nov.
11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3342; amended Pub. L. 106–400, § 2, Oct.
30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1675, defined terms ‘‘veteran’’, ‘‘home-
less veteran’’, and ‘‘homeless individual’’, for purposes
of this subchapter.
[§§ 3772 to 3775. Renumbered §§ 2051 to 2054]
CHAPTER 39—AUTOMOBILES AND ADAPTIVE
EQUIPMENT FOR CERTAIN DISABLED VET-
ERANS AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES
Sec.
3901.
Definitions.
3902.
Assistance for providing automobile and
adaptive equipment.
3903.
Limitations on assistance; special training
courses.
3904.
Research and development.
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
This chapter as added by Pub. L. 91–666, § 2(a), Jan. 11,
1971, 84 Stat. 1998, constitutes a general revision of the
provisions of a prior chapter 39, as enacted by Pub. L.
85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1215, and amended there-
after. The analysis in the original consisted of the fol-
lowing provisions:
‘‘Automobiles For Disabled Veterans’’ in the chapter
heading.
‘‘Veterans eligible for assistance’’ in item 1901.
‘‘Limitation on types of assistance furnished and vet-
erans otherwise entitled’’ in item 1902.
‘‘Limitation on amounts paid by United States’’ in
item 1903.
‘‘Pro
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