[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR10.2]

[Page 534]
 
            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 10_ADJUSTED COMPENSATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 10.2  Evidence required of loss, destruction or mutilation of

adjusted service certificate.

    The veteran named in an adjusted service certificate issued pursuant 
to the provisions of section 501 of the World War Adjusted Compensation 
Act, or the person entitled to payment thereon will be required to 
furnish evidence of the nonreceipt of the adjusted service certificate, 
or of its receipt in a mutilated or defaced condition, or of the loss or 
destruction in whole or in part of defacement of the certificate after 
its receipt, as the case may be. The evidence must be sufficient to 
establish to the satisfaction of the Secretary that neither the veteran 
nor the person entitled to payment thereon, or any person for or on 
their behalf, received the adjusted service certificate, or that at the 
time of its receipt it was mutilated or defaced to such an extent as to 
impair its value, or that after receipt of the certificate it was lost 
or destroyed in whole or in part or defaced, but without bad faith on 
the part of the veteran, and that every effort has been made to recover 
the lost certificate. Unless determination is otherwise made by the 
Secretary the evidence must be in the form of a written statement sworn 
to by the veteran or person entitled to payment thereon and witnessed by 
at least two persons who shall state, under oath that they personally 
know the affiant, that they have read his or her statement and that it 
is true to the best of their knowledge and belief. These statements 
should be supplemented by affidavits of any persons having personal 
knowledge of additional facts and circumstances concerning the matter, 
and the Secretary may require any additional evidence deemed necessary.