[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR17.93]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 17--MEDICAL--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 17.93  Eligibility for outpatient services.

    (a) VA shall furnish on an ambulatory or outpatient basis medical 
services as are needed, to the following applicants under the conditions 
stated, except that applications for dental treatment must also meet the 
provisions of Sec. 17.161.


(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1712)

    (1) For compensation and pension examinations. A compensation and 
pension examination shall be performed for any veteran who is directed 
to have such an examination by VA.(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 111 and 501)

    (2) For adjunct treatment. Subject to the provisions of Secs. 17.36 
through 17.38, medical services on an ambulatory or outpatient basis 
shall be provided to veteans for an adjunct nonservice-connected 
condition associated with and held to be aggravating a disability from a 
disease or injury adjudicated as being service-connected.
    (b) The term ``shall furnish'' in this section and 38 U.S.C. 1712 
(a)(1) and (a)(2) means that, if the veteran is in immediate need of 
outpatient medical services, VA shall furnish care at the VA facility 
where the veteran applies. If the needed medical services are not 
available there, VA shall arrange for care at the nearest VA medical 
facility or Department of Defense facility (with which VA has a sharing 
agreement) that can provide the needed care. If VA and Department of 
Defense facilities are not available, VA shall arrange for care on a fee 
basis, but only if the veteran is eligible to receive medical services 
in non-VA facilities under Sec. 17.52.

If the veteran is not in immediate need of outpatient medical services, 
VA shall schedule the veteran for care where the veteran applied, if the 
schedule there permits, or refer the veteran for scheduling to the 
nearest VA medical center or Department of Defense facility (with which 
VA has a sharing agreement).
    (c) VA may furnish on an ambulatory or outpatient basis medical 
services as needed to the following applicants, except that applications 
for dental treatment must also meet the provisions of Sec. 17.123.
    (1) For veterans participating in a rehabilitation program under 38 
U.S.C. chapter 31. Medical services on an ambulatory or outpatient basis 
may be provided as determined medically necessary for a veteran 
participating in a rehabilitation program under 38 U.S.C. chapter 31 as 
defined in Sec. 17.47(j).
    (2) [Reserved]

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1717)

[55 FR 20150, May 15, 1990, as amended at 58 FR 25565, Apr. 27, 1993. 
Redesignated and amended at 61 FR 21965, 21967, May 13, 1996; 64 FR 
54218, Oct. 6, 1999]