Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 506 - Veterans
Section 27-138c. - Appeal.

Any person aggrieved by a decision of the administrator rendered under section 27-138b may appeal such decision to a review board composed of no fewer than three members of the American Legion State Fund Commission as specified in the bylaws of the American Legion. All appeals taken pursuant to this section shall be based solely upon the record of the hearing conducted pursuant to section 27-138b. A person aggrieved by a decision of the review board may appeal to the Superior Court.

(1969, P.A. 347, S. 4; P.A. 88-317, S. 31, 107; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12, S. 41, 55; P.A. 04-169, S. 15; P.A. 05-288, S. 125; P.A. 14-217, S. 60.)
History: P.A. 88-317 added provision re appeal to superior court in accordance with chapter 54, effective July 1, 1989, and applicable to all agency proceedings commencing on or after that date; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12 transferred from the commandant to the commissioner the responsibility for sitting on the review board; P.A. 04-169 made technical changes, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes, effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 14-217 replaced provision re review board composed of Adjutant General, Attorney General and Commissioner of Veterans' Affairs or designees with provision re review board composed of members of American Legion State Fund Commission as specified in bylaws and deleted provision re appeal pursuant to Ch. 54, effective July 1, 2014.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans

Chapter 506 - Veterans

Section 27-102l. - Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans Residential Services facility. Office of Advocacy and Assistance. Powers and duties. Regulations.

Section 27-102m. - Commissioner to investigate complaints re conduct or treatment of veterans or family members.

Section 27-102n. - Board of Trustees for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Members. Duties. Annual report.

Section 27-102o. - Department authorized to receive and expend funds for Women in Military Service for America Memorial.

Section 27-102p. - Annual report of veterans' benefits.

Section 27-102q. - Benefits for veterans discharged on basis of sexual orientation.

Section 27-103. - Definitions. Qualifying Review Board. Discharge based on veteran's sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Application, review, recommendation, reconsideration and appeal.

Section 27-104, 27-104a and 27-105. - Veterans' Home and Hospital Commission. Civil actions, claims and demands against commission members or employees; immunity; indemnification; representation by Attorney General. Officers; treasurer.

Section 27-106. - Duties of commissioner re Veterans Residential Services facility and Healthcare Center. Expenditures from institutional general welfare fund. November eleventh exercises.

Section 27-106a. - Facility licensure applications by Commissioner of Veterans Affairs. Exemptions.

Section 27-107. - State police duty. Regulation of traffic upon grounds of Department of Veterans Affairs.

Section 27-108. - Admission to Veterans Residential Services facility or Healthcare Center. Discharge. Transfer. Payment.

Section 27-109. - Hospital care.

Section 27-109a. - Veterans' health registry. Disclosure of registry information.

Section 27-110. - Commitment of mentally ill veterans. Transfer to federal agency.

Section 27-111 to 27-115. - Fees for commitment. Care elsewhere than in Veterans' Home and Hospital. Treatment of dipsomaniacs. Commission to investigate complaints. Support of dependents.

Section 27-115a. - Appropriation.

Section 27-115b. - Eligible family members to participate in programs administered by department.

Section 27-116. - Weekly allowances to widows of veterans of Civil War or Spanish-American War.

Section 27-117. - Disclosure of property of applicant.

Section 27-118. - Funeral expenses.

Section 27-119. - Veterans' headstones, services to be provided by state.

Section 27-119a. - Markers for graves of colonial and Revolutionary War veterans.

Section 27-120. - Memorials for veterans buried abroad or missing.

Section 27-121. - Municipal memorials for deceased and missing veterans.

Section 27-122. - Plot in Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven.

Section 27-122a. - Establishment of veterans' cemetery.

Section 27-122b. - Eligibility for burial in veterans' cemetery. Consecrated area designation.

Section 27-123. - Graves of soldiers and sailors.

Section 27-124. - Celebrations and memorials.

Section 27-124a. - Veterans and Military Tourism Trail.

Section 27-125. - Temporary assistance.

Section 27-126. - Aid restricted.

Section 27-127. - Veterans' Relief Fund.

Section 27-128. - Transfer of moneys between Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund and appropriations to Department of Veterans Affairs.

Section 27-129. - Conservator for incompetent veteran.

Section 27-130. - Acquisition of property by veterans' organizations.

Section 27-131. - Preservation of Spanish War records.

Section 27-132 and 27-133. - Roster of Connecticut men and women in armed forces during the First World War. Distribution and sale of World War I roster.

Section 27-134. - Copies of statutes for veterans' organizations.

Section 27-135. - Local veterans' advisory committee. Municipal veterans' representative.

Section 27-136. - Powers of attorney granted by persons in armed forces.

Section 27-137. - Acknowledgments by persons serving in armed forces and spouses.

Section 27-138. - Custody and administration of the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund. Annual disbursement to American Legion. Use of funds. Treatment of gifts, bequests and donations.

Section 27-138a. - Availability of regulations of fund, bylaws of American Legion and applications for aid from fund.

Section 27-138b. - Hearing on denial of aid.

Section 27-138c. - Appeal.

Section 27-138d. - Expenses incurred in connection with premises used by fund administrator.

Section 27-138e. - Annual independent audit of fund expenditures. Audit report.

Section 27-138f. - Transfer of furnishings, equipment and supplies to American Legion. Retention of documents.

Section 27-138g. - Use of office space in state-owned or state-leased buildings by American Legion. Payment of rental or lease.

Section 27-138h. - Disclosure of certain fund records under Freedom of Information Act. Access to records by Treasurer. Exceptions.

Section 27-139. - Increase of fund.

Section 27-140. - Expenditure.

Section 27-140aa. - Definitions.

Section 27-140bb. - Commission: Establishment; membership; termination.

Section 27-140cc. - Duties of commission. Reports.

Section 27-140dd. - Duties of department.

Section 27-140ee. - Report concerning veteran who may have been exposed to Vietnam herbicides. Disclosure of information.

Section 27-140a to 27-140m. - Bonus for Veterans of Vietnam Era, generally.

Section 27-140ff to 27-140hh. - Definitions. Commission established; membership; vacancies. Duties of commission; reports.

Section 27-140ii. - Assistance to members of the Connecticut National Guard and veterans to obtain federal treatment services for depleted uranium exposure. Report re adequacy of training and feasibility of predeployment training.

Section 27-140n. - Payment of World War II and Korean veterans' bonuses.

Section 27-140o to 27-140y. - Definitions. Bonus amount. Duties and powers of State Treasurer. Payment of expenses. Application on behalf of incapable veteran. Compensation prohibited, when. Right or payment not subject to claims or deemed assets und...