38 USC § 3113 - Vocational rehabilitation for hospitalized members of the Armed Forces and veterans

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s3113"
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title: "38 USC § 3113 - Vocational rehabilitation for hospitalized members of the Armed Forces and veterans"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "3113"
section_name: "Vocational rehabilitation for hospitalized members of the Armed Forces and veterans"
chapter_number: 31
chapter_name: "TRAINING AND REHABILITATION FOR VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 96–466, title I, § 101(a), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2181, § 1513; amended Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, § 423(b)(1)(B), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2092; renumbered § 3113 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 103–446, title XII, § 1201(d)(10), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4684; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 926(a)(43), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3830.)"
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# § 3113. Vocational rehabilitation for hospitalized members of the Armed Forces and veterans

**(a)** Services and assistance may be provided under this chapter to a person described in subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (B) of section 3102(1) of this title who is hospitalized pending discharge from active military, naval, air, or space service. In such cases, no subsistence allowance shall be paid.

**(b)** Services and assistance may be provided under this chapter to a veteran who is receiving care in a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital, nursing home, or domiciliary facility or in any other hospital or medical facility.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 96–466, title I, § 101(a), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2181, § 1513; amended Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, § 423(b)(1)(B), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2092; renumbered § 3113 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 103–446, title XII, § 1201(d)(10), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4684; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 926(a)(43), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3830.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Prior section 3113 was renumbered .

Provisions similar to those comprising subsec. (a) of this section were contained in former  prior to the general revision of this chapter by .

### Amendments

2021—Subsec. (a).  substituted “air, or space service” for “or air service”.

1994—Subsec. (a).  substituted “subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (B) of section 3102(1)” for “section 3102(1)(B) and (2)”.

1991—, renumbered  as this section.

Subsec. (a). , substituted “3102(1)(B)” for “1502(1)(B)”.

1989—Subsec. (b).  substituted “Department of Veterans Affairs” for “Veterans’ Administration”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as a note under .