38 U.S.C. § 5102 — Application forms furnished upon request; notice to claimants of incomplete applications
submitted 26 years ago by Pub. L. 106-475 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 164 words · no verdicts yet
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Upon request made by any person claiming or applying for, or expressing an intent to claim or apply for, a benefit under the laws administered by the Secretary*, the Secretary shall furnish such person, free of all expense, all instructions and forms necessary to apply for that benefit.
If a claimant’s application for a benefit under the laws administered by the Secretary is incomplete, the Secretary shall notify the claimant* and the claimant’s representative, if any, of the information necessary to complete the application.
If information that a claimant and the claimant’s representative, if any, are notified under subsection (b) is necessary to complete an application is not received by the Secretary within one year from the date such notice* is sent, no benefit may be paid or furnished by reason of the claimant’s application.
This subsection shall not apply to any application or claim for Government life insurance benefits.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 106–475, § 3(a), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2096; amended Pub. L. 108–183, title VII, § 701(a), Dec. 16, 2003, 117 Stat. 2670.)
- 2000Enacted · Pub. L. 106-475 · 114 Stat. 2096
- 2003Amended · Pub. L. 108-183 · 117 Stat. 2670
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 106-475 on 2000-11-09.
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