[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: 38CFR7.2]

[Page 496]
 
            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 7_SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' CIVIL RELIEF--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 7.2  Certification of military service.

    (a) A statement over the signature of the Commanding Officer or a 
commissioned officer of equal or higher rank than the insured, on the 
insured's application, may be accepted as a certification that the 
insured is a person in the military service.
    (b) If the insured is unavailable because of service, the 
application may be certified by the person who has custody of the 
insured's service record.
    (c) If an application is submitted by a person designated by the 
insured or by the insured's beneficiary, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs will obtain from the service department evidence that the 
insured is a person in the military service.

(Authority 50 U.S.C. app. 547)

[61 FR 29026, June 7, 1996]