[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: 38CFR8.8]

[Page 504-505]
 
            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 8_NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  8.8  Health requirements.

    National Service life insurance on any plan may be reinstated if 
application and tender of premiums are made:
    (a) Within 6 premium months including the premium month for which 
the unpaid premium was due, provided the applicant be in as good health 
on the date of application and tender of premiums as he or she was on 
the last day of the grace period of the premium in default and furnishes 
satisfactory evidence thereof.
    (b) After expiration of the 6-month period mentioned in paragraph 
(a) of this section, provided applicant is in good health (Sec.  8.0) on 
the date of application and tender of premiums and furnishes 
satisfactory evidence. If the insurance to be reinstated was issued 
under 38 U.S.C. 1922(a), 1925(b), or 1925(c) and application is made 
within 1 year of the date of lapse, any service-

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connected disability existing at the time the insurance was issued will 
be waived for the purpose of reinstatement (including natural 
progression of the condition since time of issuance). If the insurance 
to be reinstated was issued under 38 U.S.C. 1925(a) and application is 
made within 1 year of the date of lapse, any nonservice-connected 
disability, or service-connected disability which combined with a non-
service-connected disability rendered the insured uninsurable as of 
October 13, 1964, will be waived for the purpose of reinstatement 
(including natural progression).

[33 FR 365, Jan. 10, 1968, as amended at 33 FR 12002, Aug. 23, 1968; 47 
FR 11657, Mar. 18, 1982. Redesignated and amended at 61 FR 29290, 29292, 
June 10, 1996. Redesignated at 65 FR 7437, Feb. 15, 2000]