### Question
Can you define what physician or dentist who has no section 4118 service means?


### Answer
**Physician or dentist who has no section 4118 service** is defined as the following in *38 U.S.C. § 7438*:

> a physician or dentist employed as a physician or dentist in the Veterans Health Administration who has no previous service as a physician or dentist in the Administration (or its predecessor) before the effective date of this section

#### Citation:
  - *38 U.S.C. § 7438*
  - Heading: **PART V-BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES > CHAPTER 74-VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION&mdash;PERSONNEL > SUBCHAPTER III-SPECIAL PAY FOR PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS**

