51 Pa. Stat. § 20154
Applications for compensation shall be made to the Adjutant General on forms and in the manner as he shall prescribe.
All applications shall be made (1) personally by the prisoner of war veteran, or (2) in case of death or mental incompetency preventing the making of a personal application, then by such representative of the prisoner of war veteran as the Adjutant General shall be regulation prescribe. An application made by a representative other than one authorized by such regulation shall be void.
The Adjutant General shall not accept or consider any application filed or mailed after two years beyond the date which Congress establishes as the end of the period of service for which a person shall be eligible to receive the Vietnam Service Medal.
51 P.S. § 20154