51 Pa. Stat. § 20045
Application for compensation shall be made to the Adjutant General on such forms and in such manner as he shall prescribe.
Applicants shall state on their application whether or not they have applied for or received a bonus, gratuity or compensation, of a nature similar to that provided for by this act, from any other state in the Union.
All applications shall be made, (1) personally by the veteran, or (2) in case of death or mental incompetency preventing the making of a personal application, then by such representative of the veteran as the Adjutant General shall by regulation prescribe. An application made by a representative other than one authorized by such regulation shall be held void. The Adjutant General shall not accept or consider any application filed with him after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred sixty-two.
51 P.S. § 20045