Title 38 — Veterans' Benefits

Every section of Title 38 of the United States Code, veterans' benefits — 1,194 sections, full text, with the cases that cite each one.

• 38 U.S.C. § 101 — Definitions
• 38 U.S.C. § 102 — Dependent parents
• 38 U.S.C. § 103 — Special provisions relating to marriages
• 38 U.S.C. § 104 — Approval of educational institutions
• 38 U.S.C. § 105 — Line of duty and misconduct
• 38 U.S.C. § 106 — Certain service deemed to be active service
• 38 U.S.C. § 107 — Certain service deemed not to be active service
• 38 U.S.C. § 108 — Seven-year absence presumption of death
• 38 U.S.C. § 109 — Benefits for discharged members of allied forces
• 38 U.S.C. § 110 — Preservation of disability ratings
• 38 U.S.C. § 111 — Payments or allowances for beneficiary travel
• 38 U.S.C. § 111A — Transportation of individuals to and from Department facilities
• 38 U.S.C. § 112 — Presidential memorial certificate program
• 38 U.S.C. § 113 — Treatment of certain programs under sequestration procedures
• 38 U.S.C. § 114 — Multiyear procurement
• 38 U.S.C. § 115 — Acquisition of real property
• 38 U.S.C. § 116 — Reports to Congress: cost information
• 38 U.S.C. § 117 — Advance appropriations for certain accounts
• 38 U.S.C. § 118 — Submission of reports to Congress in electronic form
• 38 U.S.C. § 119 — Contracting for statistical analyses and data evaluation
• 38 U.S.C. § 301 — Department
• 38 U.S.C. § 302 — Seal
• 38 U.S.C. § 303 — Secretary of Veterans Affairs
• 38 U.S.C. § 304 — Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs
• 38 U.S.C. § 305 — Under Secretary for Health
• 38 U.S.C. § 306 — Under Secretary for Benefits
• 38 U.S.C. § 307 — Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs
• 38 U.S.C. § 308 — Assistant Secretaries; Deputy Assistant Secretaries
• 38 U.S.C. § 309 — Chief Financial Officer
• 38 U.S.C. § 310 — Chief Information Officer
• 38 U.S.C. § 311 — General Counsel
• 38 U.S.C. § 312 — Inspector General
• 38 U.S.C. § 312A — Director of Construction and Facilities Management
• 38 U.S.C. § 313 — Availability of appropriations
• 38 U.S.C. § 314 — Central Office
• 38 U.S.C. § 315 — Regional offices
• 38 U.S.C. § 316 — Colocation of regional offices and medical centers
• 38 U.S.C. § 317 — Center for Minority Veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 318 — Center for Women Veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 319 — Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication
• 38 U.S.C. § 320 — Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee
• 38 U.S.C. § 321 — Office of Survivors Assistance
• 38 U.S.C. § 322 — Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events
• 38 U.S.C. § 323 — Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection
• 38 U.S.C. § 324 — Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund
• 38 U.S.C. § 501 — Rules and regulations
• 38 U.S.C. § 502 — Judicial review of rules and regulations
• 38 U.S.C. § 503 — Administrative error; equitable relief
• 38 U.S.C. § 505 — Opinions of Attorney General
• 38 U.S.C. § 510 — Authority to reorganize offices
• 38 U.S.C. § 511 — Decisions of the Secretary; finality
• 38 U.S.C. § 512 — Delegation of authority; assignment of functions and duties
• 38 U.S.C. § 513 — Contracts and personal services
• 38 U.S.C. § 515 — Administrative settlement of tort claims
• 38 U.S.C. § 516 — Equal employment responsibilities
• 38 U.S.C. § 517 — Quarterly reports to Congress on conferences sponsored by the Department
• 38 U.S.C. § 521 — Assistance to certain rehabilitation activities
• 38 U.S.C. § 521A — Adaptive sports programs for disabled veterans and members of the Armed Forces
• 38 U.S.C. § 522 — Studies of rehabilitation of disabled persons
• 38 U.S.C. § 523 — Coordination and promotion of other programs affecting veterans and their dependents
• 38 U.S.C. § 525 — Publication of laws relating to veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 527 — Evaluation and data collection
• 38 U.S.C. § 529 — Annual report to Congress
• 38 U.S.C. § 530 — Annual report on program and expenditures for domestic response to weapons of mass destruction
• 38 U.S.C. § 531 — Requirements relating to naming of Department property
• 38 U.S.C. § 532 — Authority to advertise in national media; VetStar Award Program
• 38 U.S.C. § 533 — Anti-harassment and anti-sexual assault policy
• 38 U.S.C. § 541 — Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War
• 38 U.S.C. § 542 — Advisory Committee on Women Veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 543 — Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs
• 38 U.S.C. § 544 — Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 545 — Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 546 — Advisory Committee on Disability Compensation
• 38 U.S.C. § 547 — Advisory Committee on Tribal and Indian Affairs
• 38 U.S.C. § 548 — Advisory Committee on United States Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States
• 38 U.S.C. § 701 — Placement of employees in military installations
• 38 U.S.C. § 703 — Miscellaneous authorities respecting employees
• 38 U.S.C. § 704 — Waiver of pay limitation for certain employees
• 38 U.S.C. § 705 — Telephone service for medical officers and facility directors
• 38 U.S.C. § 706 — Additional authority relating to recruitment and retention of personnel
• 38 U.S.C. § 707 — Benefits for employees at overseas offices who are United States citizens
• 38 U.S.C. § 709 — Employment restrictions
• 38 U.S.C. § 711 — Grade reductions
• 38 U.S.C. § 712 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–103, title V, §509(a)(1), Dec. 27, 2001, 115 Stat. 997
• 38 U.S.C. § 713 — Senior executives: removal, demotion, or suspension based on performance or misconduct
• 38 U.S.C. § 714 — Employees: removal, demotion, or suspension based on performance or misconduct
• 38 U.S.C. § 715 — Congressional testimony by employees: treatment as official duty
• 38 U.S.C. § 717 — Limitation on administrative leave
• 38 U.S.C. § 719 — Reduction of benefits of employees convicted of certain crimes
• 38 U.S.C. § 721 — Recoupment of bonuses or awards paid to employees of Department
• 38 U.S.C. § 723 — Recoupment of relocation expenses paid on behalf of employees of Department
• 38 U.S.C. § 725 — Annual performance plan for political appointees
• 38 U.S.C. § 726 — Annual report on performance awards and bonuses awarded to certain high-level employees
• 38 U.S.C. § 727 — Reassignment of senior executives
• 38 U.S.C. § 728 — Misuse of Department purchase cards
• 38 U.S.C. § 731 — Adverse actions against supervisory employees who commit prohibited personnel actions relating to whistleblower complaints
• 38 U.S.C. § 732 — Protection of whistleblowers as criteria in evaluation of supervisors
• 38 U.S.C. § 733 — Training regarding whistleblower disclosures
• 38 U.S.C. § 734_to_736 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–41, title I, §102(a)(1), June 23, 2017, 131 Stat. 865
• 38 U.S.C. § 741 — Executive Management Fellowship Program
• 38 U.S.C. § 901 — Authority to prescribe rules for conduct and penalties for violations
• 38 U.S.C. § 902 — Enforcement and arrest authority of Department police officers
• 38 U.S.C. § 903 — Uniform allowance
• 38 U.S.C. § 904 — Equipment and weapons
• 38 U.S.C. § 905 — Use of facilities and services of other law enforcement agencies
• 38 U.S.C. § 1101 — Definitions
• 38 U.S.C. § 1102 — Special provisions relating to surviving spouses
• 38 U.S.C. § 1103 — Special provisions relating to claims based upon effects of tobacco products
• 38 U.S.C. § 1104 — Cost-of-living adjustments
• 38 U.S.C. § 1110 — Basic entitlement
• 38 U.S.C. § 1111 — Presumption of sound condition
• 38 U.S.C. § 1112 — Presumptions relating to certain diseases and disabilities
• 38 U.S.C. § 1113 — Presumptions rebuttable
• 38 U.S.C. § 1114 — Rates of wartime disability compensation
• 38 U.S.C. § 1115 — Additional compensation for dependents
• 38 U.S.C. § 1116 — Presumptions of service connection for diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents; presumption of exposure for veterans who served in certain locations
• 38 U.S.C. § 1116A — Presumptions of service connection for veterans who served offshore of the Republic of Vietnam
• 38 U.S.C. § 1116B — Presumption of herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Korea
• 38 U.S.C. § 1117 — Compensation for disabilities occurring in Persian Gulf War veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 1118 — Presumptions of service connection for illnesses associated with service in the Persian Gulf during the Persian Gulf War
• 38 U.S.C. § 1119 — Presumptions of toxic exposure
• 38 U.S.C. § 1120 — Presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to burn pits and other toxins
• 38 U.S.C. § 1121 — Basic entitlement
• 38 U.S.C. § 1122 — Rates of wartime death compensation
• 38 U.S.C. § 1131 — Basic entitlement
• 38 U.S.C. § 1132 — Presumption of sound condition
• 38 U.S.C. § 1133 — Presumptions relating to certain diseases
• 38 U.S.C. § 1134 — Rates of peacetime disability compensation
• 38 U.S.C. § 1135 — Additional compensation for dependents
• 38 U.S.C. § 1136 — Vacant
• 38 U.S.C. § 1137 — Wartime presumptions for certain veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 1141 — Basic entitlement
• 38 U.S.C. § 1142 — Rates of peacetime death compensation
• 38 U.S.C. § 1143 — Vacant
• 38 U.S.C. § 1151 — Benefits for persons disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation
• 38 U.S.C. § 1152 — Persons heretofore having a compensable status
• 38 U.S.C. § 1153 — Aggravation
• 38 U.S.C. § 1154 — Consideration to be accorded time, place, and circumstances of service
• 38 U.S.C. § 1155 — Authority for schedule for rating disabilities
• 38 U.S.C. § 1156 — Temporary disability ratings
• 38 U.S.C. § 1157 — Combination of certain ratings
• 38 U.S.C. § 1158 — Disappearance
• 38 U.S.C. § 1159 — Protection of service connection
• 38 U.S.C. § 1160 — Special consideration for certain cases of loss of paired organs or extremities
• 38 U.S.C. § 1161 — Payment of disability compensation in disability severance cases
• 38 U.S.C. § 1162 — Clothing allowance
• 38 U.S.C. § 1163 — Trial work periods and vocational rehabilitation for certain veterans with total disability ratings
• 38 U.S.C. § 1164 — Presumptions of service-connection for Coronavirus Disease 2019
• 38 U.S.C. § 1165 — Choice of sex of medical examiner for certain disabilities
• 38 U.S.C. § 1166 — Claims involving military sexual trauma
• 38 U.S.C. § 1167 — 1 Outreach pursuant to changes in presumptions of service connection
• 38 U.S.C. § 1168 — Medical nexus examinations for toxic exposure risk activities
• 38 U.S.C. § 1171 — Procedures to determine presumptions of service connection based on toxic exposure; definitions
• 38 U.S.C. § 1172 — Annual notice and opportunity for public comment
• 38 U.S.C. § 1173 — Formal evaluation of recommendations
• 38 U.S.C. § 1174 — Regulations regarding presumptions of service connection based on toxic exposure
• 38 U.S.C. § 1175 — Authority to modify process; congressional oversight
• 38 U.S.C. § 1176 — Agreement with National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine concerning toxic exposures
• 38 U.S.C. § 1301 — Definitions
• 38 U.S.C. § 1302 — Determination of pay grade
• 38 U.S.C. § 1303 — Cost-of-living adjustments
• 38 U.S.C. § 1304 — Special provisions relating to surviving spouses
• 38 U.S.C. § 1305 — Reevaluation of dependency and indemnity compensation determinations pursuant to changes in presumptions of service connection
• 38 U.S.C. § 1310 — Deaths entitling survivors to dependency and indemnity compensation
• 38 U.S.C. § 1311 — Dependency and indemnity compensation to a surviving spouse
• 38 U.S.C. § 1312 — Benefits in certain cases of in-service or service-connected deaths
• 38 U.S.C. § 1313 — Dependency and indemnity compensation to children
• 38 U.S.C. § 1314 — Supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation to children
• 38 U.S.C. § 1315 — Dependency and indemnity compensation to parents
• 38 U.S.C. § 1316 — Dependency and indemnity compensation in cases of prior deaths
• 38 U.S.C. § 1317 — Restriction on payments under this chapter
• 38 U.S.C. § 1318 — Benefits for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at time of death
• 38 U.S.C. § 1321 — Certifications with respect to pay grade
• 38 U.S.C. § 1322 — Certifications with respect to social security entitlement
• 38 U.S.C. § 1323 — Certifications with respect to circumstances of death
• 38 U.S.C. § 1501 — Definitions
• 38 U.S.C. § 1502 — Determinations with respect to disability
• 38 U.S.C. § 1503 — Determinations with respect to annual income
• 38 U.S.C. § 1504 — Persons heretofore having a pensionable status
• 38 U.S.C. § 1505 — Payment of pension during confinement in penal institutions
• 38 U.S.C. § 1506 — Resource reports and overpayment adjustments
• 38 U.S.C. § 1507 — Disappearance
• 38 U.S.C. § 1508 — Frequency of payment of pension benefits
• 38 U.S.C. § 1510 — Vacant
• 38 U.S.C. § 1511 — Indian War veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 1512 — Spanish-American War veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 1513 — Veterans 65 years of age and older
• 38 U.S.C. § 1521 — Veterans of a period of war
• 38 U.S.C. § 1522 — Net worth limitation
• 38 U.S.C. § 1523 — Combination of ratings
• 38 U.S.C. § 1524 — Vocational training for certain pension recipients
• 38 U.S.C. § 1525 — Protection of health-care eligibility
• 38 U.S.C. § 1531 — Vacant
• 38 U.S.C. § 1532 — Surviving spouses of Civil War veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 1533 — Children of Civil War veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 1534 — Surviving spouses of Indian War veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 1535 — Children of Indian War veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 1536 — Surviving spouses of Spanish-American War veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 1537 — Children of Spanish-American War veterans
• 38 U.S.C. § 1541 — Surviving spouses of veterans of a period of war