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Creation of the Board. - A Military Service Board, hereinafter referred to as the Board, is hereby created to review and reevaluate pending claim applications previously filed in the former Military Service Boards by any person who claims to have performed military service in the Philippines during the period beginning December 8, 1941 and ending July 3, 1946, and to determine the validity of the claims for the purpose of confirming the military service rendered and qualifying the applicants for military veterans status.
The Board shall be supervised by the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) under the general supervision of the Department of National Defense.
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