---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 7.2"
title: "38"
number: "7.2"
heading: "Certification of military service."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/7.2"
---

# §7.2. Certification of military service.

- (a) A statement over the signature of the Commanding Officer or a commissioned officer of equal or higher rank than the insured, on the insured's application, may be accepted as a certification that the insured is a person in the military service.
- (b) If the insured is unavailable because of service, the application may be certified by the person who has custody of the insured's service record.
- (c) If an application is submitted by a person designated by the insured or by the insured's beneficiary, the Department of Veterans Affairs will obtain from the service department evidence that the insured is a person in the military service.

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 29026, June 7, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 50 U.S.C. app. 511, 540-547, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 13 FR 7103, Nov. 27, 1948, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[61 FR 29026, June 7, 1996]