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title: "38 U.S.C. § 1837"
description: "Duration of health care and benefits provided"
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title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
chapter_number: "18"
chapter_name: "BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS AND CERTAIN OTHER VETERANS"
section: "1837"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 1837"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 38 U.S.C. § 1837 - Duration of health care and benefits provided

## Text

The Secretary shall provide a covered child with health care and benefits under this chapter—

(1) for the duration of the life of the child; and

(2) notwithstanding any death of a parent of the child that precedes the death of the child.

(Added Pub. L. 118–18, § 1(b), Oct. 6, 2023, 137 Stat. 104.)