---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 1816"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "1816"
heading: "Regulations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/1816"
units:
  - "Part II — General Benefits"
  - "Chapter 18 — Benefits for Children of Vietnam Veterans and Certain Other Veterans"
  - "Subchapter II — Children of Women Vietnam Veterans Born with Certain Birth Defects"
---

# §1816. Regulations


The [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall prescribe regulations for purposes of the administration of this subchapter.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 106–419, title IV, § 401(a), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1859.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1816 was renumbered sections 3732 and 3733 of this title.

Prior sections 1817 and 1817A were renumbered sections 3713 and 3714 of this title, respectively.

A prior section 1818, added Pub. L. 89–358, § 5(a), Mar. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 25; amended Pub. L. 91–506, § 2(e), Oct. 23, 1970, 84 Stat. 1108; Pub. L. 93–569, § 8(6), (7), Dec. 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 1866, 1867; Pub. L. 94–324, § 4, June 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 720; Pub. L. 95–476, title I, § 106(a), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1499; Pub. L. 97–72, title III, § 303(g), Nov. 3, 1981, 95 Stat. 1060; Pub. L. 97–295, § 4(66), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1310, related to service after Jan. 31, 1955, and prior to Aug. 5, 1964, or after May 7, 1975, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100–322, title IV, § 415(b)(3), May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 551.

A prior section 1819 was renumbered section 3712 of this title.

A prior section 1820 was renumbered section 3720 of this title.