{"identifier":"/us/usc/t38/s5108","title":38,"num":"\u00a7\u202f5108.","heading":"Supplemental claims","text":"\u00a7\u202f5108.\nSupplemental claims\n(a)\nIn General.\u2014\nIf new and relevant evidence is presented or secured with respect to a supplemental claim, the Secretary shall readjudicate the claim taking into consideration all of the evidence of record.\n(b)\nDuty to Assist.\u2014\n(1) If a claimant, in connection with a supplemental claim, reasonably identifies existing records, whether or not in the custody of a Federal department or agency, the Secretary shall assist the claimant in obtaining the records in accordance with\nsection 5103A of this title\n(2) Assistance under paragraph (1) shall not be predicated upon a finding that new and relevant evidence has been presented or secured.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t38/s5108.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s5108","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f5108."},{"t":"heading","text":"Supplemental claims"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s5108/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In General.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"If new and relevant evidence is presented or secured with respect to a supplemental claim, the Secretary shall readjudicate the claim taking into consideration all of the evidence of record.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s5108/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Duty to Assist.\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s5108/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" If a claimant, in connection with a supplemental claim, reasonably identifies existing records, whether or not in the custody of a Federal department or agency, the Secretary shall assist the claimant in obtaining the records in accordance with ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 5103A of this title","href":"/us/usc/t38/s5103A","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s5108/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" Assistance under paragraph (1) shall not be predicated upon a finding that new and relevant evidence has been presented or secured.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}