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[CITE: 38USC1743]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
    CHAPTER 17--HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE
 
                  SUBCHAPTER V--PAYMENTS TO STATE HOMES
 
Sec. 1743. Applications

    Payments on account of any veteran cared for in a State home shall 
be made under this subchapter only from the date the Secretary receives 
a request for determination of such veteran's eligibility; however, if 
such request is received by the Secretary within ten days after care of 
such veteran begins, payments shall be made on account of such veteran 
from the date care began.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1147, Sec. 643; Pub. L. 97-251, 
Sec. 7, Sept. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 716; renumbered Sec. 1743 and amended 
Pub. L. 102-83, Secs. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 
404-406.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Prior section 1743 was renumbered section 3543 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 643 of this title as this 
section and substituted ``Secretary'' for ``Administrator'' in two 
places.
    1982--Pub. L. 97-251 struck out ``of any war'' after ``Payments on 
account of any veteran''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1741 of this title.
