---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 842.21"
title: "32"
number: "842.21"
heading: "Who may file a claim."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/842.21"
---

# §842.21. Who may file a claim.


A claim may be filed by:

- (a) **A proper claimant.**
- (b) **An authorized agent or legal representative of a proper claimant.**
- (c) **A survivor of a deceased proper claimant in this order—**
  - (1) **Spouse.**
  - (2) **Children.**
  - (3) **Father or mother.**
  - (4) **Brothers or sisters.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 83689, Nov. 22, 2016]

### Source

Source: 55 FR 2809, Jan. 29, 1990. Redesignated at 81 FR 83688, Nov. 22, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 8013, 100 Stat. 1053, as amended; 10 U.S.C. 8013, except as otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 55 FR 2809, Jan. 29, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[81 FR 83688, Nov. 22, 2016]

### Amendments

[81 FR 83689, Nov. 22, 2016]