10. Loyalty Clearances Introduction This topic contains information on loyalty clearances, including situations in which VA requires a loyalty clearance general guidelines on when to request a loyalty clearance circumstances under which VA does not require a loyalty clearance territories and the dates hostilities ended information required from a claimant to obtain a loyalty clearance information to request from the Office of Special Consular Services obtaining a loyalty clearance in Philippine cases, and action to take when records indicate an investigation is underway. Change Date June 10, 2015 a. Situations in Obtain a loyalty clearance if Which VA Requires a VA declares a forfeiture of benefits by reason of a treasonable act under , or Loyalty it is required in connection with payments to an alien under . Clearance b. General Do routinely request a loyalty clearance merely because the claimant not Guidelines on resided in a territory of, or a territory under the control of, an enemy of the When to U.S. during World War II, the claimant resided in the Philippines. unless Request a Loyalty In other than Philippine cases, request a loyalty clearance if the evidence only Clearance of record indicates the claimant may have rendered, or was in a position to render, assistance to an enemy of the U.S. For more information about obtaining loyalty clearances in Reference: Philippine cases, see M21-1, Part III, Subpart iii, 1.C.10.g, and all other cases, see M21-1, Part III, Subpart iii, 1.C.10.e. c. VA does require a loyalty clearance because of residence in an not Circumstances occupied territory for Which VA Does Not a claimant who was under age 18 at the time hostilities ended in that area Require a a regardless of age, Loyalty who is in the custody of a surviving spouse, and Clearance for whom VA is paying benefits to the surviving spouse a claimant who resided in Guam during the Japanese occupation, and
10. Loyalty Clearances Introduction This topic contains information on loyalty clearances, including situations in which VA requires a loyalty clearance general guidelines on when to request a loyalty clearance circumstances under which VA does not require a loyalty clearance territories and the dates hostilities ended information required from a claimant to obtain a loyalty clearance information to request from the Office of Special Consular Services obtaining a loyalty clearance in Philippine cases, and action to take when records indicate an investigation is underway. Change Date June 10, 2015 a. Situations in Which VA Requires a Loyalty Clearance Obtain a loyalty clearance if VA declares a forfeiture of benefits by reason of a treasonable act under , or it is required in connection with payments to an alien under . b. General Guidelines on When to Request a Loyalty Clearance Do not routinely request a loyalty clearance merely because the claimant resided in a territory of, or a territory under the control of, an enemy of the U.S. during World War II, unless the claimant resided in the Philippines. In other than Philippine cases, request a loyalty clearance only if the evidence of record indicates the claimant may have rendered, or was in a position to render, assistance to an enemy of the U.S. Reference: For more information about obtaining loyalty clearances in Philippine cases, see M21-1, Part III, Subpart iii, 1.C.10.g, and all other cases, see M21-1, Part III, Subpart iii, 1.C.10.e. c. Circumstances Which VA Does Not Require a Loyalty Clearance VA does not require a loyalty clearance because of residence in an territory for a claimant who was under age 18 at the time hostilities ended in that area a regardless of age, who is in the custody of a surviving spouse, and for whom VA is paying benefits to the surviving spouse a claimant who resided in Guam during the Japanese occupation, and occupied
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