| (a) The Department will utilize the investigative procedures
established in Army Regulation 600-8-4, Line of Duty Policy, Procedures,
and Investigations, to verify the line of duty death of an individual
in the Texas Military Forces, for purposes of confirming survivor
eligibility for benefit payments under Chapter 615 of the Texas Government
Code.
(b) In a determination of whether the survivor of a
decedent listed under Section 615.003 is eligible for benefits under
Chapter 615, any reasonable uncertainty arising from the circumstances
of the individual's death shall be resolved in favor of the payment
of benefits to the survivor.
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