[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: 38CFR3.108]

[Page 190]
 
            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 3_ADJUDICATION--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart A_Pension, Compensation, and Dependency and Indemnity 
                              Compensation
 
Sec. 3.108  State Department as agent of Department of Veterans Affairs.

    Diplomatic and consular officers of the Department of State are 
authorized to act as agents of the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
therefore a formal or informal claim or evidence submitted in support of 
a claim filed in a foreign country will be considered as filed in the 
Department of Veterans Affairs as of the date of receipt by the State 
Department representative.

    Cross Reference: Evidence from foreign countries. See Sec. 3.202.

[26 FR 1569, Feb. 24, 1961]