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[CITE: 38USC5108]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
               PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
            CHAPTER 51--CLAIMS, EFFECTIVE DATES, AND PAYMENTS
 
                          SUBCHAPTER I--CLAIMS
 
Sec. 5108. Reopening disallowed claims

    If new and material evidence is presented or secured with respect to 
a claim which has been disallowed, the Secretary shall reopen the claim 
and review the former disposition of the claim.

(Added Pub. L. 100-687, div. A, title I, Sec. 103(a)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 
102 Stat. 4107, Sec. 3008; renumbered Sec. 5108, Pub. L. 102-40, title 
IV, Sec. 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102-83, 
Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 3008 of this title as this 
section.
    Pub. L. 102-83 substituted ``Secretary'' for ``Administrator''.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Sept. 1, 1989, see section 401(a) of Pub. L. 100-
687, set out as a note under section 7251 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 7104 of this title.
