GroundRules
38 CFR 3.1710: Escheat (payment of burial benefits to an estate with no heirs).
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 38—Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief
- CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
- PART 3—ADJUDICATION
- Subpart B—Burial Benefits
VA will not pay burial benefits if the payment would escheat (that is, would be turned over to the State because there are no heirs to the estate of the person to whom such benefits would be paid).
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