Time for Filing Claims

Time for Filing Claims. (a) The right to compensation under this chapter shall be barred unless a claim therefore is filed within one year after the injury, and the right to compensation for death shall be barred unless a claim therefore is filed within one year after death; provided, that if payment of compensation has been made without an award on account of such injury or death, a claim may be filed within one year after the date of the last payment. Such claim shall be filed with the administrator. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, failure to file a claim within the period prescribed in such subsection shall not be a bar to such right unless objection to such failure is made at the first hearing of such claim. (c) If a person who is entitled to compensation under this chapter is mentally incompetent or a minor, the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not be applicable so long as such person has no guardian or other authorized representative, but shall be applicable, in the case of a person who is mentally incompetent or a minor, from the date of appointment of such guardian or other representative; or in the case of a minor, where no guardian is appointed before he becomes of age, from the date he becomes of age. Source: PL 6-33, § 1 (§ 9322).