---
kind: "unit"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
key: "ptV/ch74/schIV"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter IV"
heading: "Pay for Nurses and Other Health-Care Personnel"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/ptV-ch74-schIV"
sections_count: 10
---

# Subchapter IV — Pay for Nurses and Other Health-Care Personnel

Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits › Part V — Boards, Administrations, and Services › Chapter 74 — Veterans Health Administration—personnel

## Sections

- [§7451. Nurses and other health-care personnel: competitive pay](/usc/38/7451.md)
- [§7452. Nurses and other health-care personnel: administration of pay](/usc/38/7452.md)
- [§7453. Nurses: additional pay](/usc/38/7453.md)
- [§7454. Physician assistants and other health care professionals: additional pay](/usc/38/7454.md)
- [§7455. Increases in rates of basic pay](/usc/38/7455.md)
- [§7456. Nurses: special rules for weekend duty](/usc/38/7456.md)
- [§7456A. Nurses: alternate work schedules](/usc/38/7456A.md)
- [§7457. On-call pay](/usc/38/7457.md)
- [§7458. Recruitment and retention bonus pay](/usc/38/7458.md)
- [§7459. Nursing staff: special rules for overtime duty](/usc/38/7459.md)