---
kind: "unit"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
key: "ptII/ch17/schII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter II"
heading: "Hospital, Nursing Home, or Domiciliary Care and Medical Treatment"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/ptII-ch17-schII"
sections_count: 31
---

# Subchapter II — Hospital, Nursing Home, or Domiciliary Care and Medical Treatment

Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits › Part II — General Benefits › Chapter 17 — Hospital, Nursing Home, Domiciliary, and Medical Care

## Sections

- [§1710. Eligibility for hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care](/usc/38/1710.md)
- [§1710A. Required nursing home care](/usc/38/1710A.md)
- [§1710B. Extended care services](/usc/38/1710B.md)
- [§1710C. Traumatic brain injury: plans for rehabilitation and reintegration into the community](/usc/38/1710C.md)
- [§1710D. Traumatic brain injury: comprehensive program for long-term rehabilitation](/usc/38/1710D.md)
- [§1710E. Traumatic brain injury: use of non-Department facilities for rehabilitation](/usc/38/1710E.md)
- [§1711. Care during examinations and in emergencies](/usc/38/1711.md)
- [§1712. Dental care; drugs and medicines for certain disabled veterans; vaccines](/usc/38/1712.md)
- [§1712A. Eligibility for readjustment counseling and related mental health services](/usc/38/1712A.md)
- [§1712B. Counseling for former prisoners of war](/usc/38/1712B.md)
- [§1712C. Dental insurance plan for veterans and survivors and dependents of veterans](/usc/38/1712C.md)
- [§1713. Renumbered § 1781](/usc/38/1713.md)
- [§1714. Fitting and training in use of prosthetic appliances; guide dogs; service dogs](/usc/38/1714.md)
- [§1715. Tobacco for hospitalized veterans](/usc/38/1715.md)
- [§1716. Hospital care by other agencies of the United States](/usc/38/1716.md)
- [§1717. Home health services; invalid lifts and other devices](/usc/38/1717.md)
- [§1718. Therapeutic and rehabilitative activities](/usc/38/1718.md)
- [§1719. Repair or replacement of certain prosthetic and other appliances](/usc/38/1719.md)
- [§1720. Transfers for nursing home care; adult day health care](/usc/38/1720.md)
- [§1720A. Treatment and rehabilitative services for persons with drug or alcohol dependency](/usc/38/1720A.md)
- [§1720B. Respite care](/usc/38/1720B.md)
- [§1720C. Noninstitutional alternatives to nursing home care](/usc/38/1720C.md)
- [§1720D. Counseling and treatment for sexual trauma](/usc/38/1720D.md)
- [§1720E. Nasopharyngeal radium irradiation](/usc/38/1720E.md)
- [§1720F. Comprehensive program for suicide prevention among veterans and members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces](/usc/38/1720F.md)
- [§1720G. Assistance and support services for caregivers](/usc/38/1720G.md)
- [§1720H. Mental health treatment for veterans and members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who served in classified missions](/usc/38/1720H.md)
- [§1720I. Mental and behavioral health care for certain former members of the Armed Forces](/usc/38/1720I.md)
- [§1720J. Emergent suicide care](/usc/38/1720J.md)
- [§1720K. Grants or contracts to provide mental health support to family caregivers of veterans](/usc/38/1720K.md)
- [§1720L. Home- and community-based services: programs](/usc/38/1720L.md)