[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: 38CFR14.615]

[Page 580-581]
 
            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 14_LEGAL SERVICES, GENERAL COUNSEL, AND MISCELLANEOUS
 
Sec. 14.615  General.

    (a) Authority. Section 515(b), title 38 U.S.C., provides that the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs may pay tort claims, in the manner 
authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28 U.S.C., 
when such claims arise in foreign countries in connection with 
Department of Veterans Affairs operations abroad.
    (b) Action by claimant. Claims for property loss or damage may be 
filed by the owner of the property or his or her duly authorized agent 
or legal representative. If the property was insured and the insurer is 
subrogated, in whole or in part, and if both the owner and the insurer 
desire to file a claim for their respective losses they should join in 
one claim. Claims for personal injury may be filed by the injured person 
or his or her agent or legal representative. Claims for death may be 
filed by the personal representative of the decedent or any other 
legally qualified person. When filed by an agent or legal 
representative, the claim must show the title or capacity of the person 
representing the claimant and be accompanied by evidence of the 
appointment of such person as agent, legal representative, executor/
executrix, administrator/administratrix, guardian, or other fiduciary.
    (c) Time for filing. A claim may not be allowed under 38 U.S.C. 
515(b) unless it is presented to the Secretary or his or

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her designee within 2 years after the claim accrues.

(Authority: 28 U.S.C 2671-2680; 38 U.S.C. 512, 515, 7316; 28 CFR part 
14, appendix to part 14)

[38 FR 5473, Mar. 1, 1973, as amended at 42 FR 41417, Aug 17, 1977; 64 
FR 47112, Aug. 30, 1999]