---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 3.1712"
title: "38"
number: "3.1712"
heading: "Effect of forfeiture on payment of burial benefits."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/3.1712"
---

# §3.1712. Effect of forfeiture on payment of burial benefits.

- (a) **Forfeiture for fraud.** VA will pay burial benefits, if otherwise in order, based on a deceased veteran who forfeited his or her right to receive benefits due to fraud under [§ 3.901](/cfr/38/3.901.md), Fraud. However, VA will not pay burial benefits to a claimant who participated in fraudulent activity that resulted in forfeiture under [§ 3.901](/cfr/38/3.901.md).
- (b) **Forfeiture for treasonable acts or for subversive activity.** VA will not pay burial benefits based on a period of service commencing before the date of commission of the offense if either the veteran or the claimant has forfeited the right to all benefits except insurance payments under [§ 3.902](/cfr/38/3.902.md), Forfeiture for treasonable acts, or [§ 3.903](/cfr/38/3.903.md), Forfeiture for subversive activities, because of a treasonable act or subversive activities, unless the offense was pardoned by the President of the U.S.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 79 FR 32658, June 6, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 105 Stat. 386, 38 U.S.C. 501(a), 2303-2308, unless otherwise noted.