Title 38, Chapter 51 — Claims, Effective Dates, and Payments

Definitions

Claims and forms

Application forms furnished upon request; notice to claimants of incomplete applications

Notice to claimants of required information and evidence

Duty to assist claimants

Decisions and notices of decisions

Binding nature of favorable findings

Higher-level review by the agency of original jurisdiction

Options following decision by agency of original jurisdiction

Joint applications for social security and dependency and indemnity compensation

Furnishing of information by other agencies

Claimant responsibility; benefit of the doubt

Supplemental claims

Independent medical opinions

Revision of decisions on grounds of clear and unmistakable error

Expedited treatment of returned and remanded claims

Effective dates of awards

Commencement of period of payment

Effective dates of reductions and discontinuances

Effective dates of educational benefits

Payment of benefits; delivery

Payment of certain accrued benefits upon death of a beneficiary

Substitution in case of death of claimant

Cancellation of checks mailed to deceased payees

Rounding down of pension rates

Acceptance of claimant’s statement as proof of relationship

Acceptance of reports of private physician examinations

Benefits not to be denied based on lack of mailing address