38 CFR § 17.130 - Payment for treatment dependent upon preference prohibited.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t38/s17.130"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "38 CFR § 17.130 - Payment for treatment dependent upon preference prohibited."
title_number: 38
title_name: "Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief"
section_number: "17.130"
section_name: "Payment for treatment dependent upon preference prohibited."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"
part_number: "17"
part_name: "MEDICAL"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "38 U.S.C. 501, and as noted in specific sections."
cfr_part: "17"
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# 17.130 Payment for treatment dependent upon preference prohibited.
No reimbursement or payment of services not previously authorized will be made when such treatment was procured through private sources in preference to available Government facilities.
[39 FR 1844, Jan. 15, 1974. Redesignated at 61 FR 21966, May 13, 1996]