[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR17.49]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 17_MEDICAL--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 17.49  Priorities for outpatient medical services and inpatient

hospital care.

    In scheduling appointments for outpatient medical services and 
admissions for inpatient hospital care, the Under Secretary for Health 
shall give priority to:
    (a) Veterans with service-connected disabilities rated 50 percent or 
greater based on one or more disabilities or unemployability; and
    (b) Veterans needing care for a service-connected disability.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 101, 501, 1705, 1710)

[67 FR 58529, Sept. 17, 2002]

  Use of Department of Defense, Public Health Service or Other Federal 
                                Hospitals