# Accelerated Benefits Option for Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2002-08-12 · Effective 2002-08-12 · 67 FR 52413
## Document
- **Document number:** 02-20278
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 67 FR 52413
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 9
- **Publication date:** 2002-08-12
- **Effective date:** 2002-08-12
## Abstract

The Veterans Programs Enhancement Act of 1998 authorized the payment of accelerated benefits to terminally ill persons insured under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) or Veterans' Group Life Insurance (VGLI). This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations to establish a mechanism for implementing these statutory provisions.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/08/12/02-20278/accelerated-benefits-option-for-servicemembers-group-life-insurance-and-veterans-group-life)
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