Increase in amount available to disabled veterans for improvements and structural alterations furnished as part of home health services

(a) Increase Section 1717 of title 38, United States Code, is amended, in paragraph (2) of subsection (a)— (1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking $6,800 and inserting $10,000; and (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking $2,000 and inserting $5,000. (b) Applicability The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to a veteran who first applies for benefits under such paragraph on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Clarification A veteran who exhausted the eligibility of such veteran for benefits under such paragraph before the date of the enactment of this Act is not entitled to additional benefits under such section by reason of the amendments made by subsection (a).