---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 8.6"
title: "38"
number: "8.6"
heading: "Calculation of Time Period; Veteran's Age."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/8.6"
---

# §8.6. Calculation of Time Period; Veteran's Age.

- (a) If the last day of a time period specified in [§ 8.2](/cfr/38/8.2.md) or [§ 8.3](/cfr/38/8.3.md), or the last day allowed for filing an application for National Service Life Insurance or for applying for reinstatement thereof, or paying premiums due thereon, falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the time period will be extended to include the following workday.
- (b) For VALife, the premium will be determined using the age of the veteran at his or her nearest birthday on the effective date of the policy.
- (c) For purposes of determining a veteran's eligibility for VALife under [38 U.S.C. 1922B(a)(3)(A)](/usc/38/1922B.md?p=a-3-A), the age of the veteran at his or her last birthday prior to the date of application will be used.
- (d) For purposes of determining a veteran's eligibility for VALife under [38 U.S.C. 1922B(a)(3)(B)](/usc/38/1922B.md?p=a-3-B), with respect to a veteran who has attained 81 years of age, an initial grant of service connection for a new or secondary condition for which the veteran applied for disability compensation before attaining 81 years of age will satisfy the eligibility criteria; however, VA will not grant insurance to such a veteran based on an increase in an existing disability rating, a grant of individual unemployability under [38 CFR 4.18](/cfr/38/4.18.md), or a finding of incompetency under [38 CFR 3.353](/cfr/38/3.353.md). VA will not issue a VALife policy to a veteran over age 95.

## Notes

### Amendments

[87 FR 73653, Dec. 1, 2022]

### Authority

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

### Amendments

[87 FR 73653, Dec. 1, 2022]