---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 8.25"
title: "38"
number: "8.25"
heading: "Options."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/8.25"
---

# §8.25. Options.


Insurance will be paid in a lump sum only when selected by the insured during his or her lifetime or by his or her last will and testament.


## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 29293, June 10, 1996. Redesignated at 65 FR 7437, Feb. 15, 2000, and further redesignated at 67 FR 54739, Aug. 26, 2002]

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, 1901-1929, 1981-1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[61 FR 29293, June 10, 1996. Redesignated at 65 FR 7437, Feb. 15, 2000, and further redesignated at 67 FR 54739, Aug. 26, 2002]