Section 104.180  Evidence of Entitlement to Compensation

a)         Evidence of entitlement to payment of the compensation as a survivor of a person killed in the Viet Nam Area must be established as listed in Section 104.130.

b)         Where a preceding beneficiary fails to file a claim for compensation after the official notice of death and after a two year period, the Department of Veterans' Affairs may proceed to process applications from succeeding beneficiaries and such beneficiaries may then proceed to qualify upon submission of satisfactory proof of eligibility.