38 USC § 1837 - Duration of health care and benefits provided

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s1837"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "38 USC § 1837 - Duration of health care and benefits provided"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "1837"
section_name: "Duration of health care and benefits provided"
chapter_number: 18
chapter_name: "BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS AND CERTAIN OTHER VETERANS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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. 118–18, § 1(b), Oct. 6, 2023, 137 Stat. 104.)"
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# § 1837. Duration of health care and benefits provided

The Secretary shall provide a covered child with health care and benefits under this chapter—

**(1)** for the duration of the life of the child; and

**(2)** notwithstanding any death of a parent of the child that precedes the death of the child.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 118–18, § 1(b), Oct. 6, 2023, 137 Stat. 104.)