§ 17.35 - Hospital care and outpatient services in foreign countries.

§ 17.35 Hospital care and medical outpatient services in foreign countries.

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Link to an amendment published at 83 FR 29448, June 25, 2018.

The Secretary

(a) Under the VA Foreign Medical Program, VA may furnish hospital care and

medical

outpatient services to any veteran

sojourning or residing

outside of the United States, without regard to the veteran's citizenship:

(

a

1) If necessary for treatment of a service-connected disability, or any disability associated with and held to be aggravating a service-connected disability;

(

b

2) If the care

is

and services are furnished to a veteran participating in a rehabilitation program under 38 U.S.C. chapter 31 who requires care and services for the reasons enumerated in

38 CFR

§ 17.47(i)(2).

(

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1724) [55 FR 11370, Mar. 28, 1990. Redesignated at 61 FR 21965, May 13, 1996, as amended at 74 FR 30228, June 25, 2009

b) Under the Foreign Medical Program, the care and services authorized under paragraph (a) of this section are available in the Republic of the Philippines to a veteran who meets the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section. VA may also provide outpatient services to a veteran referenced in paragraph (a)(1) in the VA outpatient clinic in Manila for the treatment of such veteran's service-connected conditions within the limits of the clinic. Non-service connected conditions of a veteran who has a service-connected disability may be treated within the limits of the VA outpatient clinic in Manila.

(c) Claims for payment or reimbursement for services not previously authorized by VA under this section are governed by §§ 17.123-17.127 and 17.129-17.132.

[83 FR 29448, June 25, 2018]