§17.37. Enrollment not required—provision of hospital and outpatient care to veterans. — Inbound Citations

(1) In error, on the basis of eligibility for such care and services as a veteran under §§ 17.34, 17.36, or 17.37, and such an individual was subsequently determined not to have been eligible for such care or services.

Subject to the provisions of §§ 17.36 through 17.38, when an application for hospital care or other medical services, except outpatient dental care, has been filed which requires an adjudication as to service connection or a determination as to any other eligibility prerequisite which cannot immediately be established, the service (including transportation) may be authorized without further delay if it is determined that eligibility for care probably will be established. Tentative eligibility determinations under this section, however, will only be made if:

(1) Except as otherwise provided in § 17.37, a veteran must be enrolled in the VA healthcare system as a condition for receiving the 'medical benefits package' set forth in § 17.38.

(2) Subject to the provisions of §§ 17.36 through 17.38, medical services on an ambulatory or outpatient basis shall be provided to veteans for an adjunct nonservice-connected condition associated with and held to be aggravating a disability from a disease or injury adjudicated as being service-connected.

(1) Enrolled in the VA health care system, or eligible for VA health care under 38 CFR 17.36 or 17.37; and

(a) The veteran is enrolled under § 17.36 or exempt from enrollment under § 17.37(a) through (c); and

For purposes of the Veterans Community Care Program under §§ 17.4000 through 17.4040:

(a) The veteran is enrolled under § 17.36 or exempt from enrollment under § 17.37(a) through (c); and

For purposes of the Veterans Community Care Program under §§ 17.4000 through 17.4040:

(a) The veteran is enrolled under § 17.36 or exempt from enrollment under § 17.37(a) through (c); and

For purposes of the Veterans Community Care Program under §§ 17.4000 through 17.4040: