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PUBLIC LAW 85-857-SEPT. 2, 1958

CHAPTER 51—APPLICATIONS, EFFECTIVE DATES, A N D PAYMENTS SUBCHAPTER I—APPLI0ATI0N8

Sec.

3001. 3002. 3003. 3004. 3005.

Claims and forms. Application forms furnished upon request. Incomplete applications. Disallowed claims. Joint applications for social security and dependency and indemnity compensation. SUBCHAPTER II—EFFECTIVE DATES

3010. 3011. 3012. 3013.

Effective Effective Effective Effective

dates of awards. dates of increases. dates of reductions and discontinuances. dates of educational benefits. SUBCHAPTER III—PAYMENT OF BENEFITS

3020. Payment of benefits by check; delivery. 3021. Payment of certain accrued benefits upon death of beneficiary. 3022. Cancellation of checks mailed to deceased payees.

Subchapter I—Applications § 3001. Claims and forms (a) A specific claim in the form prescribed by the Administrator (or jointly with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, as prescribed by section 3005 of this title) must be nled in order for benefits to be paid or furnished to any individual under the laws administered by the Veterans' Administration. (b)(1) A claim by a widow or child for compensation or dependency and indemnity compensation shall also be considered to be a claim for death pension and accrued benefits, and a claim by a widow or child for death pension shall be considered to be a claim for death compensation (or dependency and indemnity compensation) and accrued benefits. (2) A claim by a parent for compensation or dependency and indemnity compensation shall also be considered to be a claim for accrued benefits. § 3002. Application forms furnished upon request Upon request made in person or in writing by any person claiming or applying for benefits under the laws administered by the Veterans' Administration, the Administrator shall furnish such person, free of all expense, all such printed instructions and forms as may be necessary in establishing such claim. § 3003. Incomplete applications (a) If a claimant's application for benefits under the laws administered by the Veterans' Administration is incomplete, the Administrator shall notify the claimant of the evidence necessary to complete the application. If such evidence is not received within one year from the date of such notification, no benefits may be paid or furnished by reason of such application. (b) This section shall not apply to any application or claim for Government life insurance benefits. § 3004. Disallowed claims (a) "Where a claim has been finally disallowed, a later claim on the same factual basis, if supported by new and material evidence, shall have the attributes of a new claim, except that whenever any disallowed claim is reopened and thereafter allowed on the basis of new and material evidence resulting from the correction of the military

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