38 CFR 17.164 - Patient responsibility in making and keeping dental appointments.

Regulations last checked for updates: May 15, 2024

Title 38 - Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief last revised: May 13, 2024

View all text of Part 17 [§ 17.1 - § 17.4600]

§ 17.164 - Patient responsibility in making and keeping dental appointments.

Any veteran eligible for dental treatment on a one-time completion basis only and who has not received such treatment within 3 years after filing the application shall be presumed to have abandoned the claim for dental treatment.

[45 FR 6939, Jan. 31, 1980. Redesignated at 61 FR 21966, May 13, 1996]

authority: 38 U.S.C. 501,and

cite as: 38 CFR 17.164