2017 US Code
Title 38 - Veterans' Benefits
Part II - General Benefits
Chapter 17 - Hospital, Nursing Home, Domiciliary, and Medical Care
Subchapter II - Hospital, Nursing Home, or Domiciliary Care and Medical Treatment
Sec. 1720E - Nasopharyngeal radium irradiation
| 38 U.S.C. § 1720E (2017) |
| §1720E. Nasopharyngeal radium irradiation |
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(a) The Secretary may provide any veteran a medical examination, and hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care, which the Secretary determines is needed for the treatment of any cancer of the head or neck which the Secretary finds may be associated with the veteran's receipt of nasopharyngeal radium irradiation treatments in active military, naval, or air service. (b) The Secretary shall provide care and services to a veteran under subsection (a) only on the basis of evidence in the service records of the veteran which document nasopharyngeal radium irradiation treatment in service, except that, notwithstanding the absence of such documentation, the Secretary may provide such care to a veteran who— (1) served as an aviator in the active military, naval, or air service before the end of the Korean conflict; or (2) underwent submarine training in active naval service before January 1, 1965. |
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(Added Pub. L. 105–368, title IX, §901(a), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3360.) |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS |
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| Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS PART II - GENERAL BENEFITS CHAPTER 17 - HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE SUBCHAPTER II - HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, OR DOMICILIARY CARE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT Sec. 1720E - Nasopharyngeal radium irradiation |
| section 1720E |
| 2017 |
| January 12, 2018 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 112 Stat. 3360 |
| Public Law 105-368 |
