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38 U.S.C. § 302

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(a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall cause a seal of office to be made for the Department of such device as the President shall approve. Judicial notice shall be taken of the seal.(b) Copies of any public document, record, or paper belonging to or in the files of the Department, when authenticated by the seal and certified by the Secretary (or by an officer or employee of the Department to whom authority has been delegated in writing by the Secretary), shall be evidence equal with the original thereof.(Added Pub. L. 102–83, § 2(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 379.)Editorial NotesPrior Provisions

Prior section 302 was renumbered section 1102 of this title.

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 202 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–83, § 2(a).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1946–2016 · leading case: Leroy S. Robinson, Jr. v. Robert A. McDonald, 28 Vet. App. 178 (Vet. App. 2016).
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Leroy S. Robinson, Jr. v. Robert A. McDonald, 28 Vet. App. 178 (Vet. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “The Court is puzzled by the Secretary's intransigence in this 3 See 38 U.S.C. § 302 (b), providing that a copy of a VA document "shall be evidence equal with the original thereof" "when authenticated by the [VA] seal and certified by the Secretary" or authorized delegate.”
Woodward v. United States, 167 F.2d 774 (8th Cir. 1948). “1008 , 1010, 38 U.S.C.A. § 302 (g), the permitted class of beneficiaries included “a widow, widower, child (including a stepchild or an illegitimate child if designated as beneficiary by the insured), parent (including person in loco parentis if designated as -beneficiary by the…”
Maldonado v. United States, 69 F. Supp. 302 (E.D.N.Y. 1946). “But for those words, she could not have been a beneficiary within the statute, ( 38 U.S.C.A. § 302 (g)) since she was neither widow, child, parent, nor sister of the insured.”
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