---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 1727"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "1727"
heading: "Persons eligible under prior law"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/1727"
units:
  - "Part II — General Benefits"
  - "Chapter 17 — Hospital, Nursing Home, Domiciliary, and Medical Care"
  - "Subchapter III — Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Hospital and Nursing Home Care and Medical Treatment of Veterans"
---

# §1727. Persons eligible under prior law


Persons who have a status which would, under the laws in effect on December 31, 1957, entitle them to the [medical services](/usc/38/1701.md?p=6), hospital and [domiciliary care](/usc/38/1701.md?p=7), and other benefits, provided for in this chapter, but who do not meet the service requirements contained in this chapter, shall be entitled to such benefits notwithstanding failure to meet such service requirements.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1144, § 627; Pub. L. 94–581, title II, § 202(m), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2856; renumbered § 1727 Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 627 of this title as this section.

1976—Pub. L. 94–581 substituted “1957” for “1958”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 94–581 effective Oct. 21, 1976, see section 211 of Pub. L. 94–581, set out as a note under section 111 of this title.