# § 3978. Regulations
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall prescribe regulations for the implementation of this subchapter.
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**Source Credit**: (Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title IV, § 408, as added Pub. L. 108–189, § 1, Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2854.)
## Editorial Notes
### Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 548 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
### Prior Provisions
A prior section 408 of , art. IV, ; , , related to law governing applications for protection prior to , prior to repeal by , , .
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date
Section applicable to any case not final before , see , set out as a note under .