§ 1701. Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter—
(3)
The term “facilities of the Department” means—
(C)
public or private facilities at which the Secretary provides recreational activities for patients receiving care under section
1710 of this title.
(5)
The term “hospital care” includes—
(B)
such mental health services, consultation, professional counseling, marriage and family counseling, and training for the members of the immediate family or legal guardian of a veteran, or the individual in whose household such veteran certifies an intention to live, as the Secretary considers appropriate for the effective treatment and rehabilitation of a veteran or dependent or survivor of a veteran receiving care under the last sentence of section
1781
(b) of this title; and
(C)
(i)
medical services rendered in the course of the hospitalization of a dependent or survivor of a veteran receiving care under the last sentence of section
1781
(b) of this title, and
(ii)
travel and incidental expenses for such dependent or survivor under the terms and conditions set forth in section
111 of this title.
(6)
The term “medical services” includes, in addition to medical examination, treatment, and rehabilitative services, the following:
(E)
Noninstitutional extended care services, including alternatives to institutional extended care that the Secretary may furnish directly, by contract, or through provision of case management by another provider or payer.
(7)
The term “domiciliary care” includes necessary medical services and travel and incidental expenses pursuant to the provisions of section
111 of this title.
(8)
The term “rehabilitative services” means such professional, counseling, and guidance services and treatment programs as are necessary to restore, to the maximum extent possible, the physical, mental, and psychological functioning of an ill or disabled person.
(9)
The term “preventive health services” means—
(G)
prevention of musculoskeletal deformity or other gradually developing disabilities of a metabolic or degenerative nature;