{"data":{"id":"us/38-cfr-3.108","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"38 CFR 3.108","heading":"State Department as agent of Department of Veterans Affairs.","body":"Diplomatic and consular officers of the Department of State are authorized to act as agents of the Department of Veterans Affairs and therefore a complete claim as set forth in § 3.160(a) or an intent to file a claim as set forth in § 3.155(b) or evidence submitted in support of a claim filed in a foreign country will be considered as filed in the Department of Veterans Affairs as of the date of receipt by the State Department representative.","path":["Title 38—Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","PART 3—ADJUDICATION","Subpart A—Pension, Compensation, and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-38.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:50Z","sha256":"2a148c0a2d730eebb28277398b72821956a80586a2d216ca1960af70f84df1a3","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/38-cfr-3.107","next":"us/38-cfr-3.109"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}