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Code · CFR · Title 38 — Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief · Part 9 · § 9.23

§ 9.23. Submission of certain applications and forms affecting entitlement to Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance.

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(a)(1) For purposes of this section, the terms in writing and written mean an intentional recording of words in visual form and include:
(i)Hard-copy applications and forms containing a person's name or mark written or made by that person; and
(ii)Applications and forms submitted through a VA approved electronic means that include an electronic or digital signature that identifies and authenticates a particular person as the source of the electronic message and indicates such person's approval of the information submitted through such means.
(2)With regard to the following actions, applications or forms that satisfy the definition in paragraph (a)(1) of this section will be deemed to satisfy the requirement in the referenced statutes that an application, election, or beneficiary designation be "in writing" or "written":
(i)Decline Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance for the member or Family Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance for the member's insurable spouse (38 U.S.C. 1967(a)(2)(A) or (B));
(ii)Insure the member under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance or the member's spouse under Family Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance in an amount less than the maximum amount of such insurance (38 U.S.C. 1967(a)(3)(B));
(iii)Restore or increase coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance for the member or under Family Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance for the member's insurable spouse (38 U.S.C. 1967(c));
(iv)Designate one or more beneficiaries for the member's Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance or former member's Veterans' Group Life Insurance (38 U.S.C. 1970(a)); and
(v)Increase the amount of coverage under Veterans' Group Life Insurance (38 U.S.C. 1977(a)(3)).
(b)Applications or forms that satisfy the definition in paragraph (a)(1) of this section may be utilized to---
(1)Apply for Veterans' Group Life Insurance; and
(2)Reinstate Veterans' Group Life Insurance. \[83 FR 10623, Mar. 12, 2018. Redesignated at 88 FR 15912, Mar. 15, 2023\]
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