EXAMINATIONS AND CARE ASSOCIATED WITH CERTAIN RADIATION TREATMENT.

SEC. 901. EXAMINATIONS AND CARE ASSOCIATED WITH CERTAIN RADIATION TREATMENT. (a) In General.— Chapter 17 is amended by inserting after section 1720D the following new section: “§ 1720E. Nasopharyngeal radium irradiation “(a) The Secretary may provide any veteran a medical examination, and hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care, which the Secretary determines is needed for the treatment of any cancer of the head or neck which the Secretary finds may be associated with the veteran’s receipt of nasopharyngeal radium irradiation treatments in active military, naval, or air service. “(b) The Secretary shall provide care and services to a veteran under subsection (a) only on the basis of evidence in the service records of the veteran which document nasopharyngeal radium irradiation treatment in service, except that, notwithstanding the absence of such documentation, the Secretary may provide such care to a veteran who— “(1) served as an aviator in the active military, naval, or air service before the end of the Korean conflict; or “(2) underwent submarine training in active naval service before January 1, 1965.”. (b) Clerical Amendment.— The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1720D the following new item: “1720E. Nasopharyngeal radium irradiation.”.