Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 35. Veterans and Members of Armed Forces § 35.982

Sec. 12. No application for benefits under the provisions of this act shall be filed or received, with the exception of applications under section 5 of this act,  1 on and after March 7, 1958, except that applications originally filed prior to March 7, 1958, which were not processed or which were denied by the adjutant general based upon a file from which material evidence had been lost or misfiled through no fault of the applicant and no appeal has been made, may be refiled and processed if filed before March 7, 1962.