{"data":{"id":"us/38-cfr-17.163","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"38 CFR 17.163","heading":"Posthospital outpatient dental treatment.","body":"The Chief, Dental Service may authorize outpatient dental care which is reasonably necessary to complete treatment of a nonservice-connected dental condition which was begun while the veteran was receiving Department of Veterans Affairs authorized hospital care.","path":["Title 38—Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","PART 17—MEDICAL"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-38.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:50Z","sha256":"553300f0a95ebe19137a3965c56fd15aae2aa52f9eb89ebb7347de6cd7c7d47b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/38-cfr-17.162","next":"us/38-cfr-17.164"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}