# Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance and Veterans’ Group Life Insurance-Accelerated Benefit Option Regulation Update
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2025-09-29 · Effective 2025-10-29 · 90 FR 46475
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-18828
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 46475
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 9
- **Publication date:** 2025-09-29
- **Effective date:** 2025-10-29
- **Docket:** Docket No. VA-2024-VBA-0029
## Abstract

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its regulations governing Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI), Family SGLI (FSGLI), and Veterans' Group Life Insurance (VGLI) to allow an alternate applicant to apply for an Accelerated Benefit in certain circumstances. VA also defines key terms and removes contact information and the reproduction of the Accelerated Benefit application form from the text of the regulations.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/29/2025-18828/servicemembers-group-life-insurance-and-veterans-group-life-insurance-accelerated-benefit-option)
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