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M21-1 and 38 CFR changes, week of Jan 22, 2024

1 38 CFR section changed this week. Each change shows the passages added and removed, compared with the previous stored version.

38 CFR

Jan 23, 2024

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This section states effective date and election rules based on amendments made under Public Law 117-168, which provides for the reevaluation of certain previously denied dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) claims when a law establishes or modifies a presumption of service connection.
For purpose of this section:
(1) Law means any law, regulation, or Federal court decision or settlement establishing or modifying a presumption of service connection.
(2) Relevant claimant means an individual who submitted a claim for DIC to VA that was evaluated and denied by VA before the date on which such a provision of law went into effect and might have been evaluated differently had the establishment or modification of the service connection presumption been applicable to the claim.
(c) Election of review—(1) General.
VA will not reevaluate under this section any previously denied claim for DIC prior to election by the relevant claimant.

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