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In 38 CFR- Regulation section: § 3.71338 CFR
Effective dates of improved pension elections.
§ 3.713. Effective dates of improved pension elections. (a) General. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section an election to receive improved pension shall be effective the date of receipt of the election. (b) Persons entitled to pension on December 31, 1978. The effective date of an…
- Regulation section: § 3.32138 CFR
General rating considerations.
(3) Effective dates. The effective date of these extra-schedular evaluations granting or increasing benefits will be in accordance with § 3.400(b)(1) and (2) as to original and supplemental claims and in accordance with § 3.400(o) in claims for increased benefits. (c) Advisory opinion. Cases in…
- Regulation section: § 3.40038 CFR
General.
(y) Effective date of determination restoring competency (§ 3.353). Date shown by evidence of record that competency was regained. (z) Claims based on service in the Women's Air Forces Service Pilots (WASP), or on service in a similarly situated group (Pub. L. 95-202). (1) Original claim: Date of…
- Regulation section: § 3.50038 CFR
General.
§ 3.500. General. The effective date of a rating which results in the reduction or discontinuance of an award will be in accordance with the facts found except as provided in § 3.105. The effective date of reduction or discontinuance of an award of pension, compensation, or dependency and…
- Regulation section: § 3.10538 CFR
Revision of decisions.
(i) Where reduction or discontinuance was proposed under the provisions of paragraph (d) or (e) of this section, the effective date of final action shall be the last day of the month in which a 60-day period from the date of notice to the beneficiary of the final action expires. (ii) Where…
- Regulation section: § 3.50438 CFR
Parents; aid and attendance.
§ 3.504. Parents; aid and attendance. The effective date of discontinuance of an increased award because of the parent's need for aid and attendance will be the day of last payment if need for aid and attendance has ceased. If hospitalized at Department of Veterans Affairs expense as a veteran…
- Regulation section: § 3.40438 CFR
Parents.
§ 3.404. Parents. Awards of additional amounts of compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation based on a parent's need for aid and attendance will be effective the date of receipt of claim or date entitlement arose, whichever is later. However, when an award of dependency and indemnity…
- Regulation section: § 3.40138 CFR
Veterans.
§ 3.401. Veterans. Awards of pension or compensation payable to or for a veteran will be effective as follows: (a) Aid and attendance and housebound benefits. (1) Except as provided in § 3.400(o)(2), the date of receipt of claim or date entitlement arose, whichever is later. However, when an…
- Regulation section: § 3.11438 CFR
Change of law or Department of Veterans Affairs issue.
§ 3.114. Change of law or Department of Veterans Affairs issue. (a) Effective date of award. Where pension, compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, or a monetary allowance under 38 U.S.C. chapter 18 for an individual who is a child of a Vietnam veteran or child of a veteran with…
- Regulation section: § 3.50138 CFR
Veterans.
§ 3.501. Veterans. The effective date of discontinuance of pension or compensation to or for a veteran will be the earliest of the dates stated in this section. Where an award is reduced, the reduced rate will be payable the day following the date of discontinuance of the greater benefit. (a)…
- Regulation section: § 3.50338 CFR
Children.
§ 3.503. Children. (a) The effective date of discontinuance of pension, compensation, or dependency and indemnity compensation to or for a child, or to or for a veteran or surviving spouse on behalf of such child, will be the earliest of the dates stated in this section. Where an award is…
- Regulation section: § 3.50238 CFR
Surviving spouses.
§ 3.502. Surviving spouses. The effective date of discontinuance of pension, compensation, or dependency and indemnity compensation to or for a surviving spouse will be the earliest of the dates stated in this section. Where an award is reduced, the reduced rate will be payable the day following…
- Regulation section: § 3.27338 CFR
Rate computation.
§ 3.273. Rate computation. The commencement date of change in benefit payments based on rate computations under the provisions of this section will be determined under the provisions of § 3.31 or § 3.660. (a) Initial award. For the purpose of determining initial entitlement, or for resuming…
- Regulation section: § 3.40238 CFR
Surviving spouse.
§ 3.402. Surviving spouse. Awards of pension, compensation, or dependency and indemnity compensation to or for a surviving spouse will be effective as follows: (a) Additional allowance of dependency and indemnity compensation for children § 3.5(e). Commencing date of surviving spouse's award. See…
- Regulation section: § 3.4238 CFR
Compensation at the full-dollar rate for certain Filipino veterans residing in the United States.
(e) Effective date for restored eligibility. In the case of a veteran or survivor receiving benefits at the full-dollar rate, if VA reduces his or her payment to the rate of $0.50 for each dollar authorized under the law, VA will resume payments at the full-dollar rate, if otherwise in order…
- Regulation section: § 3.40338 CFR
Children.
§ 3.403. Children. (a) Awards of pension, compensation, or dependency and indemnity compensation to or for a child, or to or for a veteran or surviving spouse on behalf of such child, will be effective as follows: (1) Permanently incapable of selfsupport (§ 3.57(a)(3)). In original claims, date…
- Regulation section: § 3.50538 CFR
Filipino veterans and their survivors; benefits at the full-dollar rate.
§ 3.505. Filipino veterans and their survivors; benefits at the full-dollar rate. The effective date of discontinuance of compensation or dependency and indemnity compensation for a Filipino veteran or his or her survivor under § 3.42 will be the earliest of the dates stated in this section…
- Regulation section: § 3.16038 CFR
Status of claims.
(ii) Disposition on appellate review. (2) For claims under the modernized review system, the expiration of the period in which to file a review option available under § 3.2500 or disposition on judicial review where no such review option is available. (e) Reopened claims prior to effective date of…
- Regulation section: § 3.3338 CFR
Reevaluation of Claims for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Involving Presumptions of Service Connection Following Enactment of Public Law 117-168.
§ 3.33. Reevaluation of Claims for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Involving Presumptions of Service Connection Following Enactment of Public Law 117-168. (a) Purpose. This section states effective date and election rules based on amendments made under Public Law 117-168, which provides for…
- Regulation section: § 3.66038 CFR
Dependency, income and estate.
(c) Increases; change in status. Where there is change in the payee's marital status or status of dependents which would permit payment at a higher rate and the change in status is by reason of the claimant's marriage or birth or adoption of a child, the effective date of the increase will be the…
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