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[CITE: 38USC1720E]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
    CHAPTER 17--HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE
 
 SUBCHAPTER II--HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, OR DOMICILIARY CARE AND MEDICAL 
                                TREATMENT
 
Sec. 1720E. Nasopharyngeal radium irradiation

    (a) The Secretary may provide any veteran a medical examination, and 
hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care, which the 
Secretary determines is needed for the treatment of any cancer of the 
head or neck which the Secretary finds may be associated with the 
veteran's receipt of nasopharyngeal radium irradiation treatments in 
active military, naval, or air service.
    (b) The Secretary shall provide care and services to a veteran under 
subsection (a) only on the basis of evidence in the service records of 
the veteran which document nasopharyngeal radium irradiation treatment 
in service, except that, notwithstanding the absence of such 
documentation, the Secretary may provide such care to a veteran who--
        (1) served as an aviator in the active military, naval, or air 
    service before the end of the Korean conflict; or
        (2) underwent submarine training in active naval service before 
    January 1, 1965.

(Added Pub. L. 105-368, title IX, Sec. 901(a), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 
3360.)
