§3113 — Title 38 Veterans' Benefits | U.S. Code

Summary

Allows services and help under this chapter for people on active duty who are in the hospital while waiting to be discharged; they will not receive a subsistence allowance while hospitalized. It also allows the same services and help for veterans getting care in a VA hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, or any other hospital or medical facility.

Title 38, §3113

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(a)Services and assistance may be provided under this chapter to a person described in subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (B) of section 3102(1) of this title who is hospitalized pending discharge from active military, naval, air, or space service. In such cases, no subsistence allowance shall be paid.

(b)Services and assistance may be provided under this chapter to a veteran who is receiving care in a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital, nursing home, or domiciliary facility or in any other hospital or medical facility.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Prior section 3113 was renumbered section 5313 of this title. Provisions similar to those comprising subsec. (a) of this section were contained in former section 1510 of this title prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 96–466.

Amendments

2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “air, or space service” for “or air service”. 1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–446 substituted “subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (B) of section 3102(1)” for “section 3102(1)(B) and (2)”. 1991—Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), renumbered section 1513 of this title as this section. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted “3102(1)(B)” for “1502(1)(B)”. 1989—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–237 substituted “Department of Veterans Affairs” for “Veterans’ Administration”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Apr. 1, 1981, see section 802(a)(1) of Pub. L. 96–466, set out as a note under section 3100 of this title.

§3113 Vocational Rehabilitation for Hospitalized Members of the Armed Forces and Veterans