---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 1098d"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "1098d"
heading: "Procedures for cancellations and deferments for eligible disabled veterans"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/1098d"
units:
  - "Chapter 28 — Higher Education Resources and Student Assistance"
  - "Subchapter IV — Student Assistance"
  - "Part G — General Provisions Relating to Student Assistance Programs"
---

# §1098d. Procedures for cancellations and deferments for eligible disabled veterans


The [Secretary](/usc/20/1003.md?p=17), in consultation with the [Secretary](/usc/20/1003.md?p=17) of Veterans Affairs, shall develop and implement a procedure to permit Department of Veterans Affairs physicians to provide the certifications and affidavits needed to enable disabled veterans enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system to document such veterans’ eligibility for deferments or cancellations of student loans made, insured, or guaranteed under this subchapter. Not later than 6 months after October 7, 1998, the [Secretary](/usc/20/1003.md?p=17) and the [Secretary](/usc/20/1003.md?p=17) of Veterans Affairs jointly shall report to Congress on the progress made in developing and implementing the procedure.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 493B, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title IV, § 490F, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1758.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as an Effective Date of 1998 Amendment note under section 1001 of this title.