View Rule

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulations to require VA to provide notice to veterans who submit incomplete applications for health care benefits and inform them of how to submit supporting information, establish a time limit of one year for providing information in support of an incomplete application for health care benefits, and establish that VA will consider an application abandoned if the claimant fails to submit requested information within such year. Once an application is abandoned, the veteran will be required to submit a new application in order to be enrolled to receive health care benefits. These amendments will improve administrative efficiency, maximize VA resources, and ensure that veterans are aware of and understand what is necessary to complete an application for health care benefits.