2001 US Code
Title 38 - VETERANS BENEFITS
PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 51 - CLAIMS, EFFECTIVE DATES, AND PAYMENTS
SUBCHAPTER I - CLAIMS
Sec. 5103 - Notice to claimants of required information and evidence
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 1, 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 SUBCHAPTER I - CLAIMS Sec. 5103 - Notice to claimants of required information and evidence |
Contains | section 5103 |
Date | 2001 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 22, 2002 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 106-475, §3(a), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2096; amended Pub. L. 107-14, §8(a)(12), June 5, 2001, 115 Stat. 35. |
Statutes at Large References | 72 Stat. 1225 100 Stat. 3207-170 105 Stat. 238, 403-405 114 Stat. 2096 115 Stat. 35 |
Public Law References | Public Law 85-857, Public Law 99-570, Public Law 102-40, Public Law 102-83, Public Law 106-475, Public Law 107-14 |
§5103. Notice to claimants of required information and evidence
(a) Required Information and Evidence.—Upon receipt of a complete or substantially complete application, the Secretary shall notify the claimant and the claimant's representative, if any, of any information, and any medical or lay evidence, not previously provided to the Secretary that is necessary to substantiate the claim. As part of that notice, the Secretary shall indicate which portion of that information and evidence, if any, is to be provided by the claimant and which portion, if any, the Secretary, in accordance with section 5103A of this title and any other applicable provisions of law, will attempt to obtain on behalf of the claimant.
(b) Time Limitation.—(1) In the case of information or evidence that the claimant is notified under subsection (a) is to be provided by the claimant, if such information or evidence is not received by the Secretary within one year from the date of such notification, no benefit may be paid or furnished by reason of the claimant's application.
(2) This subsection shall not apply to any application or claim for Government life insurance benefits.
(Added Pub. L. 106–475, §3(a), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2096; amended Pub. L. 107–14, §8(a)(12), June 5, 2001, 115 Stat. 35.)
Prior ProvisionsA prior section 5103, Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1225, §3003; Pub. L. 99–570, title XI, §11007(a)(1), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–170; renumbered §5103, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, §402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102–83, §4(a)(1), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 403–405, related to incomplete applications, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 106–475, §3(a), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2096.
Another prior section 5103 was renumbered section 8303 of this title.
Amendments2001—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 107–14 substituted “one year” for “1 year”.
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