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Title 38, Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-102

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

Title 38 › PART III — READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS › CHAPTER 31 — TRAINING AND REHABILITATION FOR VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES › § 3113

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Lets people in certain covered categories (those named in 3102(1)(A)(ii) and (B) — specific service members and veterans defined elsewhere) get vocational rehabilitation while they are hospitalized waiting to be discharged from active military, naval, air, or space service. They can receive services and help, but no subsistence allowance will be paid while they are hospitalized. Also lets veterans get vocational rehabilitation while they are being treated in a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital, nursing home, or domiciliary, or in any other hospital or medical facility.

Full Legal Text

Title 38, §3113

Veterans' Benefits, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(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.

Legislative History

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.

Reference

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Citation

38 U.S.C. § 3113

Title 38, Veterans' Benefits

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102