38 USC § 1743 - Applications

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s1743"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "38 USC § 1743 - Applications"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "1743"
section_name: "Applications"
chapter_number: 17
chapter_name: "HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "PAYMENTS TO STATE HOMES"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "GENERAL BENEFITS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1147, § 643; Pub. L. 97–251, § 7, Sept. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 716; renumbered § 1743 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404–406.)"
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# § 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.

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

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Prior section 1743 was renumbered .

### Amendments

1991— renumbered  as this section and substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” in two places.

1982— struck out “of any war” after “Payments on account of any veteran”.