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    38 USC Sec. 5108                                            01/19/04

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    TITLE 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS

    PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

    CHAPTER 51 - CLAIMS, EFFECTIVE DATES, AND PAYMENTS

    SUBCHAPTER I - CLAIMS

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    Sec. 5108. Reopening disallowed claims

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      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.

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    (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.)

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                                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.

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                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               

      This section is referred to in sections 5103A, 7104 of this

    title.