---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.5816"
title: "38"
number: "21.5816"
heading: "False or fraudulent claims."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.5816"
---

# §21.5816. False or fraudulent claims.


Each individual, or school officer or official shall be subject to civil penalties or criminal penalties, or both, under applicable Federal law for submitting a false or fraudulent report, revision to a report, or verification of accuracy of a report used to support an individual's claim, even though the report or verification is provided gratuitously or voluntarily to VA.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 10 U.S.C. ch. 107; 38 U.S.C. 501(a), 3695, 5101, 5113, 5303A; 42 U.S.C. 2000; sec. 901, Pub. L. 96-342, 94 Stat. 1111-1114, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 27026, July 29, 1986, unless otherwise noted.