38 U.S.C. § 1743

Applications

Payments on account of any veteran cared for in a State home shall be made under this subchapter only from the date the Secretary receives a request for determination of such veteran’s eligibility; however, if such request is received by the Secretary within ten days after care of such veteran begins, payments shall be made on account of such veteran from the date care began.

( Pub. L. 85–857 , Sept. 2, 1958 , 72 Stat. 1147 , § 643; Pub. L. 97–251, § 7 , Sept. 8, 1982 , 96 Stat. 716 ; renumbered § 1743 and amended Pub. L. 102–83 , §§ 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991 , 105 Stat. 404–406 .)