38 USC 5906 – Availability of legal assistance at Department facilities
(a)
Terms Used In 38 USC 5906
- association: when used in reference to a corporation, shall be deemed to embrace the words "successors and assigns of such company or association" in like manner as if these last-named words, or words of similar import, were expressed. See 1 USC 5
- individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
- State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
(b)
(1) any veteran;
(2) any surviving spouse; or
(3) any child of a veteran who has died.
(c)
(1) Legal assistance with any program administered by the Secretary.
(2) Legal assistance associated with—
(A) improving the status of a military discharge or characterization of service in the Armed Forces, including through a discharge review board; or
(B) seeking a review of a military record before a board of correction for military or naval records.
(3) Such other legal assistance as the Secretary—
(A) considers appropriate; and
(B) determines may be needed by eligible individuals.
(d)
(1) A veterans service organization or other nonprofit organization.
(2) A legal assistance clinic associated with an accredited law school.
(3) A legal services organization.
(4) A bar association.
(5) Such other attorneys and entities as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(e)
(f)