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38 U.S.C. § 1711 — Care during examinations and in emergencies
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**(a)** The Secretary may furnish hospital care incident to physical examinations where such examinations are necessary in carrying out the provisions of other laws administered by the Secretary.
**(b)** Repealed. Pub. L. 107–135, title II, § 208(d), Jan. 23, 2002, 115 Stat. 2463.]
**(c)**
(1) The Secretary may contract with any organization named in, or approved by the Secretary under, [section 5902 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section5902&num=0&edition=prelim) to provide for the furnishing by the Secretary, on a reimbursable basis (as prescribed by the Secretary), of emergency medical services to individuals attending any national convention of such organization, except that reimbursement shall not be required for services furnished under this subsection to the extent that the individual receiving such services would otherwise be eligible under this chapter for medical services.
(2) The authority of the Secretary to enter into contracts under this subsection shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts.
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**(a)** The Secretary may furnish hospital care incident to physical examinations where such examinations are necessary in carrying out the provisions of other laws administered by the Secretary.
**(b)** Repealed. Pub. L. 107–135, title II, § 208(d), Jan. 23, 2002, 115 Stat. 2463.]
**(c)**
(1) The Secretary may contract with any organization named in, or approved by the Secretary under, [section 5902 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section5902&num=0&edition=prelim) to provide for the furnishing by the Secretary, on a reimbursable basis (as prescribed by the Secretary), of emergency medical services to individuals attending any national convention of such organization, except that reimbursement shall not be required for services furnished under this subsection to the extent that the individual receiving such services would otherwise be eligible under this chapter for medical services.
(2) The authority of the Secretary to enter into contracts under this subsection shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts.
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**(a)** Under regulations prescribed by the President pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Secretary may pay the actual necessary expense of travel (including lodging and subsistence), or in lieu thereof an allowance based upon mileage (at a rate of 41.5 cents per mile), of any person to or from a Department facility or other place in connection with vocational rehabilitation, counseling required by the Secretary pursuant to chapter 34 or 35 of this title, or for the purpose of examination, treatment, or care. Actual necessary expense of travel includes the reasonable costs of airfare if travel by air is the only practical way to reach a Department facility. In addition to the mileage allowance authorized by this section, there may be allowed reimbursement for the actual cost of ferry fares, and bridge, road, and tunnel tolls.
**(b)**
(1) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section and notwithstanding subsection (g)(2) of this section or any other provision of law, if, with respect to any fiscal year, the Secretary exercises the authority under this section to make any payments, the Secretary shall make the payments provided for in this section to or for the following persons for travel during such fiscal year for examination, treatment, or care for which the person is eligible:
(A) A veteran or other person whose travel is in connection with treatment or care for a service-connected disability.
(B) A veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or more.
(C) A veteran receiving pension under [section 1521 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1521&num=0&edition=prelim).
(D) A veteran (i) who is not traveling by air and whose annual income (as determined under [secti
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For the purposes of [section 1110 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1110&num=0&edition=prelim)—
**(a)** if and while the disability is rated 10 percent the monthly compensation shall be $123;
**(b)** if and while the disability is rated 20 percent the monthly compensation shall be $243;
**(c)** if and while the disability is rated 30 percent the monthly compensation shall be $376;
**(d)** if and while the disability is rated 40 percent the monthly compensation shall be $541;
**(e)** if and while the disability is rated 50 percent the monthly compensation shall be $770;
**(f)** if and while the disability is rated 60 percent the monthly compensation shall be $974;
**(g)** if and while the disability is rated 70 percent the monthly compensation shall be $1,228;
**(h)** if and while the disability is rated 80 percent the monthly compensation shall be $1,427;
**(i)** if and while the disability is rated 90 percent the monthly compensation shall be $1,604;
**(j)** if and while the disability is rated as total the monthly compensation shall be $2,673;
**(k)** if the veteran, as the result of service-connected disability, has suffered the anatomical loss or loss of use of one or more creative organs, or one foot, or one hand, or both buttocks, or blindness of one eye, having only light perception, has suffered complete organic aphonia with constant inability to communicate by speech, or deafness of both ears, having absence of air and bone conduction, or, in the case of a woman veteran, has suffered the anatomical loss of 25 percent or more of tissue from a single breast or both breasts in combination (including loss by mastectomy or partial mastectomy) or has received radiation treatment of breast tissue, the
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**(a)**
(1) Each eligible person, whether made eligible by one or more of the provisions of [section 3501(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3501/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim), shall be entitled to educational assistance under this chapter—
(A) in the case of a person who first enrolls in a program of education using such entitlement before August 1, 2018, for an aggregate period not in excess of 45 months (or to the equivalent thereof in part-time training); or
(B) in the case of a person who first enrolls in a program of education using such entitlement on or after August 1, 2018, for an aggregate period not in excess of 36 months (or to the equivalent thereof in part-time training).
(2)
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or chapter 36 of this title, any payment of an educational assistance allowance described in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph shall not—
(i) be charged against the entitlement of any individual under this chapter; or
(ii) be counted toward the aggregate period for which [section 3695 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3695&num=0&edition=prelim) limits an individual’s receipt of assistance.
(B) The payment of the educational assistance allowance referred to in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph is the payment of such an allowance to an individual for pursuit of a course or courses under this chapter if the Secretary finds that the individual—
(i) had to discontinue such course pursuit as a result of being ordered to serve on active duty under section 688, 12301(a), 12301(d), 12301(g), 12302, or 12304 of title 10 or of being involuntarily ordered to full-time National Guard duty under [sec
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**(a)**
(1) The Secretary may recognize representatives of the American National Red Cross, the American Legion, the Disabled American Veterans, the United Spanish War Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and such other organizations as the Secretary may approve, in the preparation, presentation, and prosecution of claims under laws administered by the Secretary.
(2) The Secretary may, in the discretion of the Secretary, furnish, if available, space and office facilities for the use of paid full-time representatives of national organizations so recognized.
**(b)**
(1) No individual shall be recognized under this section—
(A) unless the individual has certified to the Secretary that no fee or compensation of any nature will be charged any individual for services rendered in connection with any claim; and
(B) unless, with respect to each claim, such individual has filed with the Secretary a power of attorney, executed in such manner and form as the Secretary may prescribe.
(2) An individual recognized under this section shall be subject to the provisions of [section 5904(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section5904/b&num=0&edition=prelim) on the same basis as an individual recognized under [section 5904(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section5904/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c)**
(1) Unless a claimant specifically indicates in a power of attorney filed with the Department a desire to appoint only a recognized representative of an organization listed in or approved under subsection (a), the Secretary may, for any purpose, treat the power of attorney naming such an organization, a specific office of such an organization, or a recognized representative
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**(a)** There is in the Treasury a fund to be known as the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund.
**(b)** Amounts recovered or collected under any of the following provisions of law shall be deposited in the fund:
(1) [Section 1710(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1710/f&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) [Section 1710(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1710/g&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) [Section 1711 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1711&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) [Section 1722A of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1722a&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) [Section 1725 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1725&num=0&edition=prelim).
(6) [Section 1729 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1729&num=0&edition=prelim).
(7) [Section 1784 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1784&num=0&edition=prelim).
(8) [Section 8165(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section8165/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
(9) Section 113 of the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act (Public Law 106–117; [38 U.S.C. 8111](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section8111&num=0&edition=prelim) note).
(10) Public Law 87–693, popularly known as the “Federal Medical Care Recovery Act” ([42 U.S.C. 2651](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2651&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), to th
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**(a)**
(1) Any eligible person shall be entitled to the assistance provided an eligible veteran under section 3491(a) (if pursued in a State) of this title and be paid an educational assistance allowance therefor in the manner prescribed by [section 3491(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3491/b&num=0&edition=prelim), except that the corresponding rate provisions of this chapter shall apply, as determined by the Secretary, to such pursuit by an eligible person.
(2) Educational assistance under this chapter for the first five months of full-time pursuit of a program (or the equivalent thereof in part-time educational assistance) consisting of such course or courses shall be provided without charge to entitlement.
**(b)** Any eligible person shall, without charge to any entitlement such person may have under [section 3511 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3511&num=0&edition=prelim), be entitled to the benefits provided an eligible veteran under [section 3492 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3492&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 1711
standards for the provision of such treatment or
services established by an independent, peer-re-
viewed organization that accredits specialized
rehabilitation programs for adults with trau-
matic brain injury.
(Added Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title XVII,
§ 1703(a), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 489; amended
Pub. L. 111–163, title V, § 509, May 5, 2010, 124
Stat. 1162; Pub. L. 112–154, title I, § 107(c), Aug. 6,
2012, 126 Stat. 1173.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of
Rights Act of 2000, referred to in subsec. (c), is Pub. L.
106–402, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1677. Subtitle C of the Act
probably means subtitle C of title I of the Act, which
is classified generally to part C (§ 15041 et seq.) of sub-
chapter I of chapter 144 of Title 42, The Public Health
and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section
15001 of Title 42 and Tables.
AMENDMENTS
2012—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–154, § 107(c), inserted
‘‘, including rehabilitative services (as defined in sec-
tion 1710C of this title),’’ after ‘‘medical services’’.
2010—Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 111–163 added sub-
secs. (b) and (d) and redesignated former subsec. (b) as
(c).
§ 1711. Care during examinations and in emer-
gencies
(a) The Secretary may furnish hospital care
incident to physical examinations where such
examinations are necessary in carrying out the
provisions of other laws administered by the
Secretary.
[(b) Repealed. Pub. L. 107–135, title II, § 208(d),
Jan. 23, 2002, 115 Stat. 2463.]
(c)(1) The Secretary may contract with any or-
ganization named in, or approved by the Sec-
retary under, section 5902 of this title to provide
for
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