38 CFR § 6.8 - Selection, revocation and election.
---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t38/s6.8"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "38 CFR § 6.8 - Selection, revocation and election."
title_number: 38
title_name: "Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief"
section_number: "6.8"
section_name: "Selection, revocation and election."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"
part_number: "6"
part_name: "UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "38 U.S.C. 501, 1940-1963, 1981-1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "6"
---
# 6.8 Selection, revocation and election.
The insured under a United States Government Life Insurance policy may, upon written notice, select an optional settlement. Such optional settlement may be revoked by written notice. If the insured does not select one of the optional settlements, as set out under the provisions of the policy, the insurance shall be payable in 240 monthly installments unless the beneficiary elects in writing a different option.
[61 FR 29025, June 7, 1996]