38 CFR § 17.700 - Purpose and scope.

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title: "38 CFR § 17.700 - Purpose and scope."
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title_name: "Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief"
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# 17.700 Purpose and scope.

This section establishes the Grants for Transportation of Veterans in Highly Rural Areas program. Under this program, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides grants to eligible entities to assist veterans in highly rural areas through innovative transportation services to travel to VA medical centers, and to otherwise assist in providing transportation services in connection with the provision of VA medical care to these veterans.

(Authority: Sec. 307, Pub. L. 111-163; 38 U.S.C. 501)