38 C.F.R. § 17.901 Provision of health care.
Title 38 - Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief
(a) Spina bifida. VA will provide a Vietnam veteran's child who has been determined under §3.814 or §3.815 of this title to suffer from spina bifida with such health care as the Secretary determines is needed by the child for spina bifida. VA may inform spina bifida patients, parents, or guardians that health care may be available at not-for-profit charitable entities. (b) Covered birth defects. VA will provide a woman Vietnam veteran's child who has been determined under §3.815 of this title to suffer from spina bifida or other covered birth defects with such health care as the Secretary determines is needed by the child for the covered birth defects. However, if VA has determined for a particular covered birth defect that §3.815(a)(2) of this title applies (concerning affirmative evidence of cause other than the mother's service during the Vietnam era), no benefits or assistance will be provided under this section with respect to that particular birth defect. (c) Providers of care. Health care provided under this section will be provided directly by VA, by contract with an approved health care provider, or by other arrangement with an approved health care provider. (d) Submission of information. For purposes of §§17.900 through 17.905: (1) The telephone number of the Health Administration Center is (888) 820–1756; (2) The facsimile number of the Health Administration Center is (303) 331–7807; (3) The hand-delivery address of the Health Administration Center is 300 S. Jackson Street, Denver, CO 80209; and (4) The mailing address of the Health Administration Center— (i) For spina bifida is P.O. Box 65025, Denver, CO 80206–9025; and (ii) For covered birth defects is P.O. Box 469027, Denver, CO 80246–0027. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 101(2), 1802–1803, 1811–1813, 1821) Note to §17.901: This is not intended to be a comprehensive insurance plan and does not cover health care unrelated to spina bifida or unrelated to covered birth defects. VA is the exclusive payer for services paid under §§17.900 through 17.905 regardless of any third party insurer, Medicare, Medicaid, health plan, or any other plan or program providing health care coverage. Any third-party insurer, Medicare, Medicaid, health plan, or any other plan or program providing health care coverage would be responsible according to its provisions for payment for health care not relating to spina bifida or covered birth defects.
Title 38: Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief
PART 17—MEDICAL
Health Care Benefits for Certain Children of Vietnam Veterans—Spina Bifida and Covered Birth Defects
§ 17.901 Provision of health care.
