38 U.S.C. § 3904
38 U.S.C. § 3904
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTSection 204(b)(3) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, referred to in subsec. (b), is classified to section 764(b)(3) of Title 29, Labor.
PRIOR PROVISIONSPrior sections 4001 to 4005 were renumbered sections 7101 to 7105 of this title, respectively.Another prior section 4005, Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1241, related to applications for review on appeal, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 87-666.Prior section 4006 was renumbered section 7106 of this title.Another prior section 4006 was renumbered section 4007 of this title.Prior section 4007 was renumbered section 7107 of this title.Another prior section 4007, Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1242, related to simultaneously contested claims, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 87-666. See section 7105A of this title.Prior sections 4008 to 4010, 4051 to 4056, 4061 to 4069, 4081 to 4085, 4091, 4092, and 4096 to 4098 were renumbered sections 7108 to 7110, 7251 to 7256, 7261 to 7269, 7281 to 7285, 7291, 7292, and 7296 to 7298 of this title, respectively.
AMENDMENTS1998-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-220 substituted "section 204(b)(3) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973" for "section 204(b)(2) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 762(b)(2))". 1992-Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 102-405 substituted "Under Secretary for Health" for "Chief Medical Director". 1991- Pub. L. 102-83, §5(a), renumbered section 1904 of this title as this section. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-83, §5(c)(1), substituted "3903" for "1903". Pub. L. 102-83, §4(b)(1), (2) (E), substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator". Pub. L. 102-40 substituted "section 7303" for "section 4101".Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-83, §4(b)(1), (2) (E), substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator" before "through". 1982-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-295 substituted "Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education" for "Health, Education, and Welfare and the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare", and "section 204(b)(2) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 762(b)(2))" for "section 3(b) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-112; 87 Stat. 357) (relating to the development and support, and the stimulation of the development and utilization, including production and distribution of new and existing devices, of innovative methods of applying advanced medical technology, scientific achievement, and psychological and social knowledge to solve rehabilitation problems), and section 204(b)(2) of such Act". 1978-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-602 substituted "and section 204(b)(2) of such Act" for "section 202(b)(2) of such Act" and struck out ", and section 405 of such Act (relating to the Secretarial responsibilities for planning, analysis, promoting utilization of scientific advances, and information clearinghouse activities)" after "Research Centers)". 1976- Pub. L. 94-581, §205(b)(2), struck out ";coordination with other Federal programs" in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-581, §205(b)(3), substituted "medical and prosthetic research" for "prosthetic and orthopedic appliance research under section 216 and medical research".
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1976 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 94-581 effective Oct. 21, 1976, see section 211 of Pub. L. 94-581 set out as a note under section 111 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATESection effective first day of second calendar month following Dec. 22, 1974, see section 6 of Pub. L. 93-538 set out as an Effective Date of 1974 Amendment note under section 3901 of this title.
- adaptive equipment
- The term "adaptive equipment" includes, but is not limited to, power steering, power brakes, power window lifts, power seats, special equipment necessary to assist the eligible person into and out of the automobile or other conveyance, and nonarticulating trailers solely designed to transport powered wheelchairs, powered scooters, or other similar mobility devices. Such term also includes (A) air-conditioning equipment when such equipment is necessary to the health and safety of the veteran and to the safety of others, regardless of whether the automobile or other conveyance is to be operated by the eligible person or is to be operated for such person by another person; and (B) any modification of the size of the interior space of the automobile or other conveyance if needed because of the physical condition of such person in order for such person to enter or operate the vehicle.