Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866:section:37b
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Provision Reference: s 37B
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37B  Invalidity service pension generally not payable before claim

Provisional commencement day
 (1) An invalidity service pension is not payable to a veteran before the veteran's provisional commencement day.
 (1A) Subject to subsection (2), a veteran's provisional commencement day is the day on which the veteran claims the invalidity service pension.

Initial incorrect claim followed by proper claim
 (2) If:
 (a) a veteran makes a claim (in this subsection called the initial claim) for invalidity service pension; and
 (b) the claim is not a proper claim; and
 (c) on the day on which the veteran makes the initial claim, the veteran is eligible for invalidity service pension; and
 (d) the veteran subsequently makes a proper claim:
 (i) within 3 months after being notified that the initial claim was not a proper claim; or
 (ii) if the veteran was not so notified—at any time;
then the veteran's provisional commencement day is the day on which the initial claim was lodged.