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2021 US Code
Title 38 - Veterans' Benefits
Part IV - General Administrative Provisions
Chapter 51 - Claims, Effective Dates, and Payments
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Table of Contents SUBCHAPTER I—CLAIMS
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5100.Definition of "claimant".
5101.Claims and forms.
5102.Application forms furnished upon request; notice to claimants of incomplete applications.
5103.Notice to claimants of required information and evidence.
5103A.Duty to assist claimants.
5104.Decisions and notices of decisions.
5104A.Binding nature of favorable findings.
5104B.Higher-level review by the agency of original jurisdiction.
5104C.Options following decision by agency of original jurisdiction.
5105.Joint applications for social security and dependency and indemnity compensation.
5106.Furnishing of information by other agencies.
5107.Claimant responsibility; benefit of the doubt.
5108.Supplemental claims.
5109.Independent medical opinions.
5109A.Revision of decisions on grounds of clear and unmistakable error.
5109B.Expedited treatment of returned and remanded claims.

        

SUBCHAPTER II—EFFECTIVE DATES
5110.Effective dates of awards.
5111.Commencement of period of payment.
5112.Effective dates of reductions and discontinuances.
5113.Effective dates of educational benefits.

        

SUBCHAPTER III—PAYMENT OF BENEFITS
5120.Payment of benefits; delivery.
5121.Payment of certain accrued benefits upon death of a beneficiary.
5121A.Substitution in case of death of claimant.
5122.Cancellation of checks mailed to deceased payees.
5123.Rounding down of pension rates.
5124.Acceptance of claimant's statement as proof of relationship.
5125.Acceptance of reports of private physician examinations.
5126.Benefits not to be denied based on lack of mailing address.

        
Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS
PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 51 - CLAIMS, EFFECTIVE DATES, AND PAYMENTS
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Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
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