[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR750.7]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                   CHAPTER VI--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
PART 750_GENERAL CLAIMS REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart A_General Provisions for Claims
 
Sec. 750.7  Claims: Action by receiving command.

    (a) Record date of receipt. The first command receiving a claim 
shall stamp or mark the date of recipt on the letter or claim form. The 
envelope in which the claim was received shall be preserved.
    (b) Determine the military activity involved. The receiving command 
shall determine the Navy or Marine Corps activity most directly involved 
with the claim--usually the command where the incident is alleged to 
have occurred--and forward a copy of the claim to that activity. The 
original claim (and the transmittal letter, if a copy is forwarded to a 
more appropriate activity) should immediately be sent to the servicing 
Naval Legal Service Command activity claims office.
    (c) Initiate an investigation. An investigation under this part 
shall be commenced immediately by the command most directly involved 
with the claim. Once the investigation has been completed, an advance 
copy shall be forwarded by the convening authority to

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the Naval Legal Service Command activity providing claims support. 
Waiting until endorsements have been obtained before providing a copy of 
the investigation to the cognizant claims adjudicating authority is 
neither required nor desirable. The facts of the incident must be made 
known to cognizant claims personnel as soon as possible.