38 USC § 1802 - Spina bifida conditions covered

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s1802"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "38 USC § 1802 - Spina bifida conditions covered"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "1802"
section_name: "Spina bifida conditions covered"
chapter_number: 18
chapter_name: "BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS AND CERTAIN OTHER VETERANS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS BORN WITH SPINA BIFIDA"
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: "(Added Pub. L. 104–204, title IV, § 421(b)(1), Sept. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 2923; amended Pub. L. 106–419, title IV, § 401(e)(1), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1860; Pub. L. 107–14, § 8(b)(3), June 5, 2001, 115 Stat. 36.)"
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# § 1802. Spina bifida conditions covered

This subchapter applies with respect to all forms and manifestations of spina bifida except spina bifida occulta.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–204, title IV, § 421(b)(1), Sept. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 2923; amended Pub. L. 106–419, title IV, § 401(e)(1), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1860; Pub. L. 107–14, § 8(b)(3), June 5, 2001, 115 Stat. 36.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1802 was renumbered .

### Amendments

2001— made technical amendment to directory language of . See 2000 Amendment note below.

2000—, as amended by , substituted “This subchapter” for “This chapter”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2001 Amendment

, , , provided that the amendment made by section 8(b) is effective , and as if included in the Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000, , as enacted.

### Effective Date of 2000 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on the first day of the first month beginning more than one year after , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .