CLAIMS, EFFECTIVE DATES, AND PAYMENTS
Title 38 - Veterans' Benefits
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