EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 198

: The new Military Service Board is supervised by the Philippine Veterans' Affairs Office (PVAO) under the general supervision of the Secretary of the Department of National Defense (DND).
: The Military Service Board covers military services in the Philippines during the period beginning December 8, 1941 and ending July 3, 1946.
: The Board is composed of a Chairman and four members nominated by the Administrator of the PVAO to the Secretary of National Defense, who appoints them.
: The Board shall cease to exist one year after the date of effectivity of the Executive Order.
: The Administrator of the PVAO is responsible for issuing the implementing rules and regulations, subject to approval of the Secretary of National Defense.
: Funding shall be provided by the PVAO and the DND from their existing budgets, and if necessary, augmented by the President's Contingency Fund.
: All orders, issuances, rules, and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with EO No. 198 are repealed or modified accordingly.
: The President relies on Chapter 7, Title I, Book III of the Administrative Code of 1987 and Presidential Decrees 1416 and 1772, which grant continuing authority to reorganize government.
: The original Military Service Board under R.A. 8440 ceased to exist on January 26, 2001, leaving many WWII military service claimants' applications unprocessed, prompting the need for a new Board.