---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 1098d"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "1098d"
heading: "Procedures for cancellations and deferments for eligible disabled veterans"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/1098d"
units:
  - "Chapter 28 — Higher Education Resources and Student Assistance"
  - "Subchapter IV — Student Assistance"
  - "Part G — General Provisions Relating to Student Assistance Programs"
---

# §1098d. Procedures for cancellations and deferments for eligible disabled veterans


The [Secretary](/usc/20/1003.md?p=17), in consultation with the [Secretary](/usc/20/1003.md?p=17) of [Veterans](/usc/20/1087vv.md?p=c-2) Affairs, shall develop and implement a procedure to permit Department of Veterans Affairs physicians to provide the certifications and affidavits needed to enable disabled [veterans](/usc/20/1087vv.md?p=c-2) enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system to document such [veterans](/usc/20/1087vv.md?p=c-2)’ eligibility for deferments or cancellations of student [loans](/usc/20/1066a.md?p=2) made, insured, or guaranteed under this subchapter. Not later than 6 months after October 7, 1998, the [Secretary](/usc/20/1003.md?p=17) and the [Secretary](/usc/20/1003.md?p=17) of [Veterans](/usc/20/1087vv.md?p=c-2) Affairs jointly shall report to Congress on the progress made in developing and implementing the procedure.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 493B, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title IV, § 490F, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1758.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as an Effective Date of 1998 Amendment note under section 1001 of this title.