---
kind: "unit"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
key: "ptII/ch11/schVII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter VII"
heading: "Determinations Relating to Presumptions of Service Connection Based on Toxic Exposure"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/ptII-ch11-schVII"
sections_count: 6
---

# Subchapter VII — Determinations Relating to Presumptions of Service Connection Based on Toxic Exposure

Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits › Part II — General Benefits › Chapter 11 — Compensation for Service-Connected Disability or Death

## Sections

- [§1171. Procedures to determine presumptions of service connection based on toxic exposure; definitions](/usc/38/1171.md)
- [§1172. Annual notice and opportunity for public comment](/usc/38/1172.md)
- [§1173. Formal evaluation of recommendations](/usc/38/1173.md)
- [§1174. Regulations regarding presumptions of service connection based on toxic exposure](/usc/38/1174.md)
- [§1175. Authority to modify process; congressional oversight](/usc/38/1175.md)
- [§1176. Agreement with National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine concerning toxic exposures](/usc/38/1176.md)