43 Pa. Code § 5.32 - Application procedures
(a)
Forms. An application for the Blind Veterans' Pension shall be
made on forms prescribed by the Adjutant General. Forms are available from the
following sources:
(1) The Department of
Military Affairs, Bureau for Veterans' Affairs, Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville,
Pennsylvania 17003-5002 or through the Adjutant General's Field Office located
in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia or Wilkes-Barre.
(2) The County Directors of Veterans' Affairs
in each county seat.
(3) Veterans'
service organizations.
(4) The
American Red Cross.
(b)
Completion and execution of form. An applicant shall complete
and sign the application form, certifying to the truthfulness of its contents
under
18 Pa.C.S. §
4904
(relating to unsworn falsification to authorities). The signature shall be
witnessed and the form dated.
(c)
Documentation. The applicant shall submit the following
documents along with the application form:
(1) VA Form 00-3288 or successor form-Request
for and consent to Release of Information from Claimant's Records. This form is
needed to obtain information from the applicant's United States Department of
Veterans' Affairs (V.A.) Records. The current location of the applicant's V.A.
medical records shall be indicated on this form.
(2) A copy of the applicant's Department of
Defense Certificate of Release and Discharge from Active Duty or its equivalent
covering the period when the applicant sustained the injury or incurred the
disease resulting in the applicant's blindness.
(d)
Submission of
applications. An applicant shall mail or otherwise deliver the
completed application, together with supporting documentation, to the following
address: Blind Veterans' Pension, Department of Military Affairs, Bureau for
Veterans' Affairs, Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, Pennsylvania
17003-5002.
Notes
The provisions of this § 5.32 issued under section 506 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 186); and the Military Code, 51 Pa.C.S. § 7701.
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