38 U.S.C. § 7301

Functions of Veterans Health Administration: in general

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(a) There is in the Department of Veterans Affairs a Veterans Health Administration. The Under Secretary for Health is the head of the Administration. The Under Secretary for Health may be referred to as the Chief Medical Director.(b) The primary function of the Administration is to provide a complete medical and hospital service for the medical care and treatment of veterans, as provided in this title and in regulations prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to this title.(Added Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 401(a)(3), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 211; amended Pub. L. 102–405, title III, § 302(c)(1), (2), Oct. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 1984.)Editorial NotesAmendments

1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–405 substituted “Under Secretary for Health is” for “Chief Medical Director is” and inserted at end “The Under Secretary for Health may be referred to as the Chief Medical Director.”

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 16 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1993–2025 · leading case: Earlee King v. Eric K. Shinseki, 23 Vet. App. 464 (Vet. App. 2010).

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Earlee King v. Eric K. Shinseki, 23 Vet. App. 464 (Vet. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “" 38 U.S.C. § 7301 . The primary function of the Veterans Benefits Administration is "the 8 demonstrates that Mr.”

Guerrieri v. Brown, 4 Vet. App. 467 (Vet. App. 1993). “38 U.S.C.A. § 7301 (a), (b) (West 1991). Pursuant to this statutory authority, the VA promulgated regulations which require VA examinations of veterans to be conducted as part of the evaluative process for claims of service connection.”

Freedom From Religion Found., Inc. v. Nicholson, 536 F.3d 730 (7th Cir. 2008). “38 U.S.C. § 7301 (b). The VA’s healthcare system is extensive; it includes: 154 medical centers, with at least one in each state, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.”

Curry v. United States, 66 Fed. Cl. 593 (Fed. Cl. 2005). “” 38 U.S.C. § 7301 (b) (2000). Given the impending return of military personnel from World War II and, hence, the coming vast increase in the number of veterans, Congress invested the VHA with a personnel system independent of the civil service.”

Mercier v. United States, 114 Fed. Cl. 795 (Fed. Cl. 2014). “38 U.S.C. § 7301 (b). See Athey v. United States, 78 Fed.”

Davita, Inc. v. United States, 110 Fed. Cl. 71 (Fed. Cl. 2013). “See 38 U.S.C. § 7301 (2006). 3 . The VA amended 38 C.”

U.S. Dep't of Vets. Affairs v. Fed. Labor Relations Auth., 9 F.3d 123 (D.C. Cir. 1993). “” 38 U.S.C. § 7301 (b). See Veterans’ Administration, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Pub.”

Valentini v. Shinseki, 860 F. Supp. 2d 1079 (C.D. Cal. 2012). “(FAC ¶ 73; 38 U.S.C. § 7301 (b).) To qualify for VHA benefits, a person must have performed active duty in the military and been “discharged or re *1085 leased” from service “under conditions other than dishonorable.”

Patel v. Nicholson, 930 F. Supp. 2d 116 (D.D.C. 2013). “” 38 U.S.C. § 7301 (b). 7 . The current version of VHA Handbook 1106.”

Brandt v. MSPB (Fed. Cir. 2022). “” 38 U.S.C. § 7301 (a), (b). Section 7401 provides: “There may be appointed by the Secretary such personnel as the Secretary may find necessary for the health care of veterans (in addition to those in the Office of the Under Secretary for Health appointed under section 7306 of…”

Intergovernmental Immunity for the Dep't of Vets. Affairs & Its Employees When Providing Certain Abortion Servs. (OLC 2022). “38 U.S.C. § 7301 (b); see also id. § 501(a) (authorizing the Secretary “to prescribe all rules and regulations which are necessary or appropriate to carry out the laws administered by the Department and are consistent with those laws”).”

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