Saturday, August 05, 2017 2:16:33 PM
---- it got amended because of a bill Ekso lobbied on. Take a look at part of that bill
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5325/text
Sec. 250. (a) In General.--Section 111(b)(1) of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(G) A veteran with vision impairment, a veteran with a
spinal cord injury or disorder, or a veteran with double or
multiple amputations whose travel is in connection with care
provided through a special disabilities rehabilitation program
of the Department (including programs provided by spinal cord
injury centers, blind rehabilitation centers, and prosthetics
rehabilitation centers) if such care is provided--
``(i) on an in-patient basis; or
``(ii) during a period in which the Secretary
provides the veteran with temporary lodging at a
facility of the Department to make such care more
accessible to the veteran.''.
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So this little tidbit in (G) puts spinal cord injury into a category where money can be appropriated to it. So look at the newly amended Title 38, (G):
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/38/111
(1) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section and notwithstanding subsection (g)(2) of this section or any other provision of law, if, with respect to any fiscal year, the Secretary exercises the authority under this section to make any payments, the Secretary shall make the payments provided for in this section to or for the following persons for travel during such fiscal year for examination, treatment, or care for which the person is eligible:
(A) A veteran or other person whose travel is in connection with treatment or care for a service-connected disability.
(B) A veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or more.
(C) A veteran receiving pension under section 1521 of this title.
(D) A veteran (i) who is not traveling by air and whose annual income (as determined under section 1503 of this title) does not exceed the maximum annual rate of pension which would be payable to such veteran if such veteran were eligible for pension under section 1521 of this title, or (ii) who is determined, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, to be unable to defray the expenses of the travel for which payment under this section is claimed.
(E) Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, a veteran or other person whose travel to or from a Department facility is medically required to be performed by a special mode of travel and who is determined under such regulations to be unable to defray the expenses of the travel for which payment under this section is claimed.
(F) A veteran whose travel to a Department facility is incident to a scheduled compensation and pension examination.
(G) A veteran with vision impairment, a veteran with a spinal cord injury or disorder, or a veteran with double or multiple amputations whose travel is in connection with care provided through a special disabilities rehabilitation program of the Department (including programs provided by spinal cord injury centers, blind rehabilitation centers, and prosthetics rehabilitation centers) if such care is provided—
(i) on an in-patient basis; or
(ii) during a period in which the Secretary provides the veteran with temporary lodging at a facility of the Department to make such care more accessible to the veteran.
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The key words being "shall make the payments provided for in this section to or for the following persons for travel during such fiscal year for examination, treatment, or care for which the person is eligible"
So travel, treatment, and care. Basically the VA made a huge number of veterans with spinal cord injuries to be eligible for a lot of money that's largely diapered Oct 1st, 2017.
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