# Signature by Mark
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2001-04-06 · Effective 2001-04-06 · 66 FR 18194
## Document
- **Document number:** 01-8491
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 66 FR 18194
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 3
- **Publication date:** 2001-04-06
- **Effective date:** 2001-04-06
## Abstract

This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulation that explains how a claimant can use a mark or a thumbprint in place of a signature. This amendment is necessary to present the existing regulation in plain language and to remove an obsolete manual provision from VA's Adjudication Procedural Manual, M21-1. This document also adds a new subpart D to part 3 along with a section setting forth the scope of applicability of subpart D.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/04/06/01-8491/signature-by-mark)
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