38 U.S.C. § 1720E — Nasopharyngeal radium irradiation

submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-368 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 147 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary may provide examinations and medical, hospital, and nursing-home care for head or neck cancer that may be connected to a veteran's in-service nasopharyngeal radium treatment. Service records normally must document the treatment, with two listed exceptions.

(a) The Secretary may provide a veteran any medical examination, hospital care, medical services, or nursing-home care the Secretary decides is needed to treat head or neck cancer that the Secretary finds may be associated with the veteran's receipt of nasopharyngeal radium irradiation treatments during active military, naval, air, or space service. (b) The Secretary may provide care or services under (a) only based on service-record evidence documenting the treatment. Despite the lack of that documentation, the Secretary may provide the care to a veteran who: (1) served as an aviator in active military, naval, or air service before the Korean conflict ended; or (2) underwent submarine training in active naval service before January 1, 1965.

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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, air, or space 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.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 105–368, title IX, § 901(a), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3360; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 926(a)(27), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3830.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-368 · 112 Stat. 3360
2021Amended · Pub. L. 116-283 · 134 Stat. 3830

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 105-368 on 1998-11-11.

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