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[CITE: 38USC1727]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
    CHAPTER 17--HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE
 
   SUBCHAPTER III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO HOSPITAL AND 
           NURSING HOME CARE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT OF VETERANS
 
Sec. 1727. Persons eligible under prior law

    Persons who have a status which would, under the laws in effect on 
December 31, 1957, entitle them to the medical services, hospital and 
domiciliary care, and other benefits, provided for in this chapter, but 
who do not meet the service requirements contained in this chapter, 
shall be entitled to such benefits notwithstanding failure to meet such 
service requirements.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1144, Sec. 627; Pub. L. 94-581, 
title II, Sec. 202(m), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2856; renumbered 
Sec. 1727 Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 627 of this title as this 
section.
    1976--Pub. L. 94-581 substituted ``1957'' for ``1958''.


                    Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 94-581 effective Oct. 21, 1976, see section 211 
of Pub. L. 94-581, set out as a note under section 111 of this title.
