### Question
What is the definition of rehabilitative services?


### Answer
The definition of **rehabilitative services** is as follows in *38 U.S.C. § 1701*:

> such professional, counseling, and guidance services and treatment programs (other than those types of vocational rehabilitation services provided under chapter 31 of this title) as are necessary to restore, to the maximum extent possible, the physical, mental, and psychological functioning of an ill or disabled person

#### Citation:
  - *38 U.S.C. § 1701*
  - Heading: **PART II-GENERAL BENEFITS > CHAPTER 17-HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE > SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL**

