[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: 38CFR7.5]

[Page 497]
 
            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 7_SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' CIVIL RELIEF--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  7.5  Application.

    (a) The benefits of the Act are not available except upon 
application. The insured may designate any person, firm, or corporation 
to submit an application on his or her behalf. The designation must be 
in writing, signed by the insured and attached to the application.
    (b) When an application for benefits is received by an insurer, a 
report thereof will be made within 30 days to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs Regional Office and Insurance Center at Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania. The insurer may submit with the report a statement setting 
forth any additional information deemed necessary to the adjudication of 
the application, and any facts and reasoning as to why the policy should 
or should not be protected under the Act.

[13 FR 7103, Nov. 27, 1948, as amended at 26 FR 11802, Dec. 8, 1961; 27 
FR 656, Jan. 23, 1962. Redesignated and amended at 61 FR 29026, June 7, 
1996]