---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 36.4809"
title: "38"
number: "36.4809"
heading: "Expiration of the COVID-19 Veterans Assistance Partial Claim Payment program."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/36.4809"
---

# §36.4809. Expiration of the COVID-19 Veterans Assistance Partial Claim Payment program.

- (a) Subject to [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, the Secretary will not accept a request for a partial claim payment after the date that is 180 days after the date the COVID-19 national emergency ends under the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C.161.
- (b) If a veteran's COVID-19 forbearance does not end until after the date described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, the Secretary shall accept a request for a partial claim payment, provided that such request is submitted to the Secretary not later than 120 days after the date the veteran exits the COVID-19 forbearance.
- (c) Notwithstanding paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section, the Secretary will not accept a request for a partial claim payment after October 28, 2022.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 86 FR 28708, May 28, 2021, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501 and 3720.