38 CFR § 17.163 - Posthospital outpatient dental treatment.

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title: "38 CFR § 17.163 - Posthospital outpatient dental treatment."
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title_name: "Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief"
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# 17.163 Posthospital outpatient dental treatment.

The Chief, Dental Service may authorize outpatient dental care which is reasonably necessary to complete treatment of a nonservice-connected dental condition which was begun while the veteran was receiving Department of Veterans Affairs authorized hospital care.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1712(a)(1)(E))

[45 FR 6939, Jan. 31, 1980. Redesignated at 61 FR 21966, May 13, 1996; 79 FR 54616, Sept. 12, 2014]