Code of Federal Regulations (alpha)

CFR /  Title 38  /  Part 3: Adjudication

Section No. Description
Section 3.1 Periods of war
Section 3.2 Pension
Section 3.3 Compensation
Section 3.4 Dependency and indemnity compensation
Section 3.5 Duty periods
Section 3.6 Individuals and groups considered to have performed active military, naval, or air service
Section 3.7 Dependency and indemnity compensation rate for a surviving spouse
Section 3.10 Homicide
Section 3.11 Character of discharge
Section 3.12 Discharge to change status
Section 3.13 Validity of enlistments
Section 3.14 Computation of service
Section 3.15 Service pension
Section 3.16 Disability and death pension; Mexican border period and later war periods
Section 3.17 Surviving spouse's benefit for month of veteran's death
Section 3.20 Monetary rates
Section 3.21 DIC benefits for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at time of death
Section 3.22 Improved pension rates--Veterans and surviving spouses
Section 3.23 Improved pension rates--Surviving children
Section 3.24 Parent's dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC)--Method of payment computation
Section 3.25 Section 306 and old-law pension annual income limitations
Section 3.26 Automatic adjustment of benefit rates
Section 3.27 Automatic adjustment of section 306 and old-law pension income limitations
Section 3.28 Rounding
Section 3.29 Frequency of payment of improved pension and parents' dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC)
Section 3.30 Commencement of the period of payment
Section 3.31 Exchange rates for foreign currencies
Section 3.32 Philippine and Insular Forces
Section 3.40 Philippine service
Section 3.41 Compensation at the full-dollar rate for certain Filipino veterans residing in the United States
Section 3.42 Burial benefits at the full-dollar rate for certain Filipino veterans residing in the United States on the date of death
Section 3.43 Spouse and surviving spouse
Section 3.50 Marriages deemed valid
Section 3.52 Continuous cohabitation
Section 3.53 Marriage dates
Section 3.54 Reinstatement of benefits eligibility based upon terminated marital relationships
Section 3.55 Child
Section 3.57 Child adopted out of family
Section 3.58 Parent
Section 3.59 Definition of ``living with''
Section 3.60 Delegations of authority
Section 3.100 Reasonable doubt
Section 3.102 Procedural due process and appellate rights
Section 3.103 Finality of decisions
Section 3.104 Revision of decisions
Section 3.105 Renouncement
Section 3.106 Awards where not all dependents apply
Section 3.107 State Department as agent of Department of Veterans Affairs
Section 3.108 Time limit
Section 3.109 Computation of time limit
Section 3.110 Fractions of one cent
Section 3.112 Change of law or Department of Veterans Affairs issue
Section 3.114 Access to financial records
Section 3.115 Forms to be furnished
Section 3.150 Claims for disability benefits
Section 3.151 Claims for death benefits
Section 3.152 Claims filed with Social Security
Section 3.153 Injury due to hospital treatment, etc
Section 3.154 How to file a claim
Section 3.155 New and material evidence
Section 3.156 Abandoned claims
Section 3.158 Department of Veterans Affairs assistance in developing claims
Section 3.159 Status of claims
Section 3.160 Expedited Claims Adjudication Initiative--Pilot Program
Section 3.161 Testimony certified or under oath
Section 3.200 Exchange of evidence; Social Security and Department of Veterans Affairs
Section 3.201 Evidence from foreign countries
Section 3.202 Service records as evidence of service and character of discharge
Section 3.203 Evidence of dependents and age
Section 3.204 Marriage
Section 3.205 Divorce
Section 3.206 Void or annulled marriage
Section 3.207 Claims based on attained age
Section 3.208 Birth
Section 3.209 Child's relationship
Section 3.210 Death
Section 3.211 Unexplained absence for 7 years
Section 3.212 Change of status affecting entitlement
Section 3.213 Court decisions; unremarried surviving spouses
Section 3.214 Termination of marital relationship or conduct
Section 3.215 Mandatory disclosure of social security numbers
Section 3.216 Submission of statements or information affecting entitlement to benefits
Section 3.217 Dependency of parents; compensation
Section 3.250 Income of parents; dependency and indemnity compensation
Section 3.251 Annual income; pension; Mexican border period and later war periods
Section 3.252 Eligibility reporting requirements
Section 3.256 Children; no surviving spouse entitled
Section 3.257 Computation of income
Section 3.260 Character of income; exclusions and estates
Section 3.261 Evaluation of income
Section 3.262 Corpus of estate; net worth
Section 3.263 Applicability of various dependency, income and estate regulations
Section 3.270 Computation of income
Section 3.271 Exclusions from income
Section 3.272 Rate computation
Section 3.273 Relationship of net worth to pension entitlement
Section 3.274 Criteria for evaluating net worth
Section 3.275 Certain transfers or waivers disregarded
Section 3.276 Eligibility reporting requirements
Section 3.277 Claims based on the effects of tobacco products
Section 3.300 Line of duty and misconduct
Section 3.301 Service connection for mental unsoundness in suicide
Section 3.302 Principles relating to service connection
Section 3.303 Direct service connection; wartime and peacetime
Section 3.304 Direct service connection; peacetime service before January 1, 1947
Section 3.305 Aggravation of preservice disability
Section 3.306 Presumptive service connection for chronic, tropical or prisoner-of-war related disease, or disease associated with exposure
Section 3.307 Presumptive service connection; peacetime service before January 1, 1947
Section 3.308 Disease subject to presumptive service connection
Section 3.309 Disabilities that are proximately due to, or aggravated by, service-connected disease or injury
Section 3.310 Claims based on exposure to ionizing radiation
Section 3.311 Cause of death
Section 3.312 Claims based on service in Vietnam
Section 3.313 Basic pension determinations
Section 3.314 Basic eligibility determinations; dependents, loans, education
Section 3.315 Claims based on chronic effects of exposure to mustard gas and Lewisite
Section 3.316 Compensation for certain disabilities occurring in Persian Gulf veterans
Section 3.317 Presumptive service connection for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Section 3.318 General rating considerations
Section 3.321 Rating of disabilities aggravated by service
Section 3.322 Combined ratings
Section 3.323 Multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities
Section 3.324 Examinations
Section 3.326 Reexaminations
Section 3.327 Resumption of rating when veteran subsequently reports for Department of Veterans Affairs examination
Section 3.330 Total and permanent total ratings and unemployability
Section 3.340 Total disability ratings for compensation purposes
Section 3.341 Permanent and total disability ratings for pension purposes
Section 3.342 Continuance of total disability ratings
Section 3.343 Stabilization of disability evaluations
Section 3.344 Special monthly compensation ratings
Section 3.350 Special monthly dependency and indemnity compensation, death compensation, pension and spouse's compensation ratings
Section 3.351 Criteria for determining need for aid and attendance and ``permanently bedridden
Section 3.352 Determinations of incompetency and competency
Section 3.353 Determinations of insanity
Section 3.354 Testamentary capacity for insurance purposes
Section 3.355 Conditions which determine permanent incapacity for self-support
Section 3.356 Civil service preference ratings
Section 3.357 Compensation for disability or death from hospitalization, medical or surgical treatment, examinations or vocational
Section 3.358 Determination of service connection for former members of the Armed Forces of Czechoslovakia or Poland
Section 3.359 Service-connected health-care eligibility of certain persons administratively discharged under other than honorable condition
Section 3.360 Benefits under 38 U
Section 3.361 Offsets under 38 U
Section 3.362 Bar to benefits under 38 U
Section 3.363 Pulmonary tuberculosis shown by X-ray in active service
Section 3.370 Presumptive service connection for tuberculous disease; wartime and service on or after January 1, 1947
Section 3.371 Initial grant following inactivity of tuberculosis
Section 3.372 Effect of diagnosis of active tuberculosis
Section 3.374 Determination of inactivity (complete arrest) in tuberculosis
Section 3.375 Changes from activity in pulmonary tuberculosis pension cases
Section 3.378 Anterior poliomyelitis
Section 3.379 Diseases of allergic etiology
Section 3.380 Service connection of dental conditions for treatment purposes
Section 3.381 Special consideration for paired organs and extremities
Section 3.383 Psychosis
Section 3.384 Disability due to impaired hearing
Section 3.385 General
Section 3.400 Veterans
Section 3.401 Surviving spouse
Section 3.402 Children
Section 3.403 Parents
Section 3.404 Filipino veterans and their survivors; benefits at the full-dollar rate
Section 3.405 General
Section 3.450 Special apportionments
Section 3.451 Situations when benefits may be apportioned
Section 3.452 Veterans compensation or service pension or retirement pay
Section 3.453 Veterans disability pension
Section 3.454 Veteran's benefits not apportionable
Section 3.458 Death compensation
Section 3.459 Death pension
Section 3.460 Dependency and indemnity compensation
Section 3.461 General
Section 3.500 Veterans
Section 3.501 Surviving spouses
Section 3.502 Children
Section 3.503 Parents; aid and attendance
Section 3.504 Filipino veterans and their survivors; benefits at the full-dollar rate
Section 3.505 Reduction because of hospitalization
Section 3.551 Adjustment of allowance for aid and attendance
Section 3.552 Adjustment on discharge or release
Section 3.556 Resumption and payment of withheld benefits; incompetents with estates that equaled or exceeded statutory limit
Section 3.558 Rate for additional dependent
Section 3.650 Change in status of dependents
Section 3.651 Periodic certification of continued eligibility
Section 3.652 Foreign residence
Section 3.653 Active service pay
Section 3.654 Failure to report for Department of Veterans Affairs examination
Section 3.655 Disappearance of veteran
Section 3.656 Surviving spouse becomes entitled, or entitlement terminates
Section 3.657 Offsets; dependency and indemnity compensation
Section 3.658 Two parents in same parental line
Section 3.659 Dependency, income and estate
Section 3.660 Eligibility Verification Reports
Section 3.661 Incarcerated beneficiaries and fugitive felons--compensation
Section 3.665 Incarcerated beneficiaries and fugitive felons--pension
Section 3.666 School attendance
Section 3.667 Forfeiture
Section 3.669 General
Section 3.700 Elections of pension or compensation
Section 3.701 Dependency and indemnity compensation
Section 3.702 Two parents in same parental line
Section 3.703 Elections within class of dependents
Section 3.704 Dependents' educational assistance
Section 3.707 Federal Employees' Compensation
Section 3.708 Civil service annuitants
Section 3.710 Improved pension elections
Section 3.711 Improved pension elections; surviving spouses of Spanish-American War veterans
Section 3.712 Effective dates of improved pension elections
Section 3.713 Improved pension elections--public assistance beneficiaries
Section 3.714 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1990, as amended
Section 3.715 Entitlement to concurrent receipt of military retired pay and disability compensation
Section 3.750 Statutory awards; retired service personnel
Section 3.751 Public Health Service
Section 3.753 Emergency officers' retirement pay
Section 3.754 Disability or death due to hospitalization, etc
Section 3.800 Special acts
Section 3.801 Medal of Honor
Section 3.802 Naval pension
Section 3.803 Special allowance under 38 U
Section 3.804 Loan guaranty for surviving spouses; certification
Section 3.805 Death gratuity; certification
Section 3.806 Dependents' educational assistance; certification
Section 3.807 Automobiles or other conveyances and adaptive equipment; certification
Section 3.808 Specially adapted housing under 38 U
Section 3.809 Clothing allowance
Section 3.810 Minimum income annuity and gratuitous annuity
Section 3.811 Special allowance payable under section 156 of Pub
Section 3.812 Interim benefits for disability or death due to chloracne or porphyria cutanea tarda
Section 3.813 Monetary allowance under 38 U
Section 3.814 Monetary allowance under 38 U
Section 3.815 Awards under the Nehmer Court Orders for disability or death caused by a condition presumptively associated with herbicide
Section 3.816 General
Section 3.850 St
Section 3.851 Institutional awards
Section 3.852 Incompetents; estate over $25,000
Section 3.853 Limitation on payments for minor
Section 3.854 Beneficiary rated or reported incompetent
Section 3.855 Change of name of female fiduciary
Section 3.856 Children's benefits to fiduciary of surviving spouse
Section 3.857 General
Section 3.900 Fraud
Section 3.901 Treasonable acts
Section 3.902 Subversive activities
Section 3.903 Effect of forfeiture after veteran's death
Section 3.904 Declaration of forfeiture or remission of forfeiture
Section 3.905 Helpless children; Spanish-American and prior wars
Section 3.950 Preservation of disability ratings
Section 3.951 Protected ratings
Section 3.952 Pub
Section 3.953 Service connection
Section 3.957 Federal employees' compensation cases
Section 3.958 Tuberculosis
Section 3.959 Section 306 and old-law pension protection
Section 3.960 Entitlement under 38 U
Section 3.1000 Hospitalized competent veterans
Section 3.1001 Political subdivisions of United States
Section 3.1002 Returned and canceled checks
Section 3.1003 Hospitalized incompetent veterans
Section 3.1007 Accrued benefits payable to foreign beneficiaries
Section 3.1008 Personal funds of patients
Section 3.1009 Substitution under 38 U
Section 3.1010 Types of VA burial benefits
Section 3.1700 Deceased veterans for whom VA may provide burial benefits
Section 3.1701 Persons who may receive burial benefits; priority of payments
Section 3.1702 Claims for burial benefits
Section 3.1703 Burial allowance based on service-connected death
Section 3.1704 Burial allowance based on non-service-connected death
Section 3.1705 Burial allowance for a veteran who died while hospitalized by VA
Section 3.1706 Plot or interment allowances for burial in a State veterans cemetery or other cemetery
Section 3.1707 Burial of a veteran whose remains are unclaimed
Section 3.1708 Transportation expenses for burial in a national cemetery
Section 3.1709 Escheat (payment of burial benefits to an estate with no heirs)
Section 3.1710 Effect of contributions by government, public, or private organizations
Section 3.1711 Effect of forfeiture on payment of burial benefits
Section 3.1712 Eligibility based on status before 1958
Section 3.1713 Scope of Applicability
Section 3.2100 Will VA accept a signature by mark or thumbprint?
Section 3.2130 Review of benefit claims decisions
Section 3.2600 Essentials of evaluative rating