38 U.S.C. Chapter 51 — CLAIMS, EFFECTIVE DATES, AND PAYMENTS

• § 5100— Definitions
• § 5101— Claims and forms
• § 5102— Application forms furnished upon request; notice to claimants of incomplete applications
• § 5103— Notice to claimants of required information and evidence
• § 5103A— Duty to assist claimants
• § 5104— Decisions and notices of decisions
• § 5104A— Binding nature of favorable findings
• § 5104B— Higher-level review by the agency of original jurisdiction
• § 5104C— Options following decision by agency of original jurisdiction
• § 5105— Joint applications for social security and dependency and indemnity compensation
• § 5106— Furnishing of information by other agencies
• § 5107— Claimant responsibility; benefit of the doubt
• § 5108— Supplemental claims
• § 5109— Independent medical opinions
• § 5109A— Revision of decisions on grounds of clear and unmistakable error
• § 5109B— Expedited treatment of returned and remanded claims
• § 5110— Effective dates of awards
• § 5111— Commencement of period of payment
• § 5112— Effective dates of reductions and discontinuances
• § 5113— Effective dates of educational benefits
• § 5120— Payment of benefits; delivery
• § 5121— Payment of certain accrued benefits upon death of a beneficiary
• § 5121A— Substitution in case of death of claimant
• § 5122— Cancellation of checks mailed to deceased payees
• § 5123— Rounding down of pension rates
• § 5124— Acceptance of claimant’s statement as proof of relationship
• § 5125— Acceptance of reports of private physician examinations
• § 5126— Benefits not to be denied based on lack of mailing address