The VCF accepts amendments on deceased claims, but these amendments should be rare. Unlike in a personal injury claim, where the victim is still living, the circumstances of a deceased claim filed do not change. Therefore, all losses in a deceased claim should be known to the claimant at the time the initial claim is filed. It is far more efficient for the VCF and increases the pace at which the VCF can issue awards to all claimants, if the VCF only has to review these claims, with all losses included, one time.
Also, it is important to consider the following before filing an amendment on a deceased claim: If the VCF increases an award on amendment and the claimant has Letters of Administration, Letters Testamentary, or other Court Order that includes limitations, the claimant may need to return to the court to have those limitations lifted.