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title: "38 U.S.C. § 5126"
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# 38 U.S.C. § 5126 - Benefits not to be denied based on lack of mailing address
## Text
Benefits under laws administered by the Secretary may not be denied a claimant on the basis that the claimant does not have a mailing address.
(Added Pub. L. 106475, § 3(b), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2098.)