---
kind: "unit"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
key: "ptI/ch3"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 3"
heading: "Department of Veterans Affairs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/ptI-ch3"
sections_count: 26
---

# Chapter 3 — Department of Veterans Affairs

Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits › Part I — General Provisions

## Sections

- [§301. Department](/usc/38/301.md)
- [§302. Seal](/usc/38/302.md)
- [§303. Secretary of Veterans Affairs](/usc/38/303.md)
- [§304. Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs](/usc/38/304.md)
- [§305. Under Secretary for Health](/usc/38/305.md)
- [§306. Under Secretary for Benefits](/usc/38/306.md)
- [§307. Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs](/usc/38/307.md)
- [§308. Assistant Secretaries; Deputy Assistant Secretaries](/usc/38/308.md)
- [§309. Chief Financial Officer](/usc/38/309.md)
- [§310. Chief Information Officer](/usc/38/310.md)
- [§311. General Counsel](/usc/38/311.md)
- [§312. Inspector General](/usc/38/312.md)
- [§312A. Director of Construction and Facilities Management](/usc/38/312A.md)
- [§313. Availability of appropriations](/usc/38/313.md)
- [§314. Central Office](/usc/38/314.md)
- [§315. Regional offices](/usc/38/315.md)
- [§316. Colocation of regional offices and medical centers](/usc/38/316.md)
- [§317. Center for Minority Veterans](/usc/38/317.md)
- [§318. Center for Women Veterans](/usc/38/318.md)
- [§319. Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication](/usc/38/319.md)
- [§320. Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee](/usc/38/320.md)
- [§321. Office of Survivors Assistance](/usc/38/321.md)
- [§322. Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events](/usc/38/322.md)
- [§323. Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection](/usc/38/323.md)
- [§324. Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund](/usc/38/324.md)
- [§325. Veterans experience office](/usc/38/325.md)