Task: songer_stpolicy

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals. You will be asked a question pertaining to issues that may appear in any civil law cases including civil government, civil private, and diversity cases. The issue is: "Did the interpretation of state or local law, executive order, administrative regulation, doctrine, or rule of procedure by the court favor the appellant?" Answer the question based on the directionality of the appeals court decision. If the court discussed the issue in its opinion and answered the related question in the affirmative, answer "Yes". If the issue was discussed and the opinion answered the question negatively, answer "No". If the opinion considered the question but gave a mixed answer, supporting the respondent in part and supporting the appellant in part, answer "Mixed answer". If the opinion does not discuss the issue, or notes that a particular issue was raised by one of the litigants but the court dismissed the issue as frivolous or trivial or not worthy of discussion for some other reason, answer "Issue not discussed". If the opinion considered the question but gave a "mixed" answer, supporting the respondent in part and supporting the appellant in part (or if two issues treated separately by the court both fell within the area covered by one question and the court answered one question affirmatively and one negatively), answer "Mixed answer". If the opinion either did not consider or discuss the issue at all or if the opinion indicates that this issue was not worthy of consideration by the court of appeals even though it was discussed by the lower court or was raised in one of the briefs, answer "Issue not discussed".

PER CURIAM.
Undoubtedly this action for veteran life insurance is time-barred under 38 U.S.C. § 784(b), requiring action within six years after the right has accrued unless plaintiff can show that the time was suspended by her filing of a claim. Her brother, then in service, took out the policies in 1942 and 1943; but they lapsed for nonpayment of the premiums when he left the service in 1946. He died on July 17, 1949, and she did not make formal claim until 1957. She relies, however, on two letters she wrote the Veterans Administration—one in 1949 and one in 1950—asking for information as to the policies and the possibility that nonpayment of the premiums was excused by his service disability at the time. In each case the Veterans Administration answered stating that no benefits were payable, since the insurance had lapsed for nonpayment of the premiums, but stating that she could apply for waiver of payment for disability and sending her the appropriate forms to fill out. See the opinion below, D.C.S.D.N.Y., 196 F.Supp. 240, at 241-242. But she took no further action until 1957.
While no particular form is necessary for the presentation of a claim under 38 U.S.C. § 784, the courts have uniformly held that requests for information, without demand of payment, do not constitute a claim for purposes of suspending the running of the statute of limitations. We so held quite explicitly in Werner v. United States, 2 Cir., 86 F.2d 113; and other eases so holding are cited in the opinion below, D.C.S.D.N.Y., 196 F.Supp. 240, at 243. The district court was therefore correct in dismissing the complaint.
Affirmed.

Question: Did the interpretation of state or local law, executive order, administrative regulation, doctrine, or rule of procedure by the court favor the appellant?
A. No
B. Yes
C. Mixed answer
D. Issue not discussed
Answer:

Answer: D