If satisfactory proof is presented that a person who was discharged honorably or under honorable conditions has lost his certificate of discharge from an armed force or that it was destroyed without his procurement or connivance, the Secretary concerned may give that person, or his surviving spouse, a certificate of that discharge, indelibly marked to show that it is a certificate in place of the lost or destroyed certificate. A certificate given under this section may not be accepted as a voucher for the payment of a claim against the United States for pay, bounty, or other allowance, or as evidence in any other case.
Structure US Code
Subtitle A— General Military Law
CHAPTER 53— MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
§ 1031. Administration of oath
§ 1032. Disability and death compensation: dependents of members held as captives
§ 1033. Participation in management of specified non-Federal entities: authorized activities
§ 1034. Protected communications; prohibition of retaliatory personnel actions
§ 1037. Counsel before foreign judicial tribunals and administrative agencies; court costs and bail
§ 1038. Service credit: certain service in Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
§ 1039. Crediting of minority service
§ 1040. Transportation of dependent patients
§ 1041. Replacement of certificate of discharge
§ 1042. Copy of certificate of service
§ 1044a. Authority to act as notary
§ 1044b. Military powers of attorney: requirement for recognition by States
§ 1044c. Advance medical directives of members and dependents: requirement for recognition by States
§ 1044d. Military testamentary instruments: requirement for recognition by States
§ 1044e. Special Victims’ Counsel for victims of sex-related offenses
§ 1044f. Policies with respect to special trial counsel
§ 1045. Voluntary withholding of State income tax from retired or retainer pay
§ 1046. Overseas temporary foster care program
§ 1047. Allowance for civilian clothing
§ 1048. Gratuity payment to persons discharged for fraudulent enlistment
§ 1049. Subsistence: miscellaneous persons
[§§ 1050a to 1051a. Repealed. , , ]
§ 1052. Adoption expenses: reimbursement
§ 1054. Defense of certain suits arising out of legal malpractice
§ 1056. Relocation assistance programs
§ 1057. Use of armed forces insignia on State license plates
§ 1058. Responsibilities of military law enforcement officials at scenes of domestic violence
§ 1060. Military service of retired members with newly democratic nations: consent of Congress
§ 1060a. Special supplemental food program
§ 1060b. Military ID cards: dependents and survivors of retirees