§6103. Forfeiture for fraud — Inbound Citations

Citations to 38 U.S.C. § 6103 as a whole

• 38 U.S.C. § 5101(d)(2)

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  (2) Subject to section 6103 of this title, if the Secretary updates a form described in paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall—

  (A) accept the previous version of the form filed by a claimant if—

  (i) the claimant provided to the non-Department medical provider the previous version of the form before the date on which the updated version of the form was made available; and

  (ii) the claimant files the previous version of the form during the one-year period following the date the form was completed by the non-Department medical provider;

  (B) request from the claimant (or from a non-Department medical provider if the claimant has authorized the provider to share health information with the Secretary) any other information that the updated version of the form requires; and

  (C) apply the laws and regulations required to adjudicate the claim as if the claimant filed the updated version of the form.