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United States Code U.S. Code: Title 38 - VETERANS’ BENEFITS
Title 38 published on 14-Sep-2017 03:50
The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 38 CFR Part 20 after this date.
2016-05-24; vol. 81 # 100 - Tuesday, May 24, 2016 81 FR 32648 - Mailing Address of the Board of Veterans' Appeals
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Final rule. Effective Date: This rule is effective May 24, 2016. 38 CFR Parts 14 and 20 Summary The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulations on representation of claimants and the Rules of Practice of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) to update the Board's mailing address and titles of certain individuals and offices at the Board to whom mail is addressed. These amendments are necessary because of a mailing address change and to ensure that correct titles of certain individuals and offices at the Board are reflected in the regulations.
2014-09-25; vol. 79 # 186 - Thursday, September 25, 2014 79 FR 57660 - Standard Claims and Appeals Forms
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Final rule. Effective Date: This final rule is effective March 24, 2015. 38 CFR Parts 3, 19, and 20 Summary The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its adjudication regulations and the appeals regulations and rules of practice of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) to require that all claims governed by VA's adjudication regulations be filed on standard forms prescribed by the Secretary, regardless of the type of claim or posture in which the claim arises. This rulemaking also eliminates the constructive receipt of VA reports of hospitalization or examination and other medical records as informal claims for increase or to reopen while retaining the retroactive effective date assignment for awards for claims for increase which are filed on a standard form within 1 year of such hospitalization, examination, or treatment. This final rule also implements the concept of an intent to file a claim for benefits, which operates similarly to the current informal claim process, but requires that the submission establishing a claimant's effective date of benefits must be received in one of three specified formats. Finally, these amendments will provide that VA will accept an expression of dissatisfaction or disagreement with an adjudicative determination by the agency of original jurisdiction(AOJ) as a Notice of Disagreement (NOD) only if it is submitted on a standardized form provided by VA for the purpose of appealing the decision, in cases where such a form is provided. Although a standardized NOD form will only initially be provided in connection with decisions on compensation claims, VA may require a standard NOD form for any type of claim for VA benefits if, in the future, it develops and provides a standardized NOD form for a particular benefit. The purpose of these amendments is to improve the quality and timeliness of the processing of veterans' claims for benefits by standardizing the claims and appeals processes through the use of forms.
2014-09-05; vol. 79 # 172 - Friday, September 5, 2014 79 FR 52977 - Substitution in Case of Death of Claimant
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Final rule. Effective Date: This final rule is effective October 6, 2014. 38 CFR Parts 3, 14, and 20 Summary This document adopts as a final rule the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) proposal to amend its regulations on adjudication of VA benefit claims, representation of claimants, and the Board of Veterans' Appeals rules of practice. Specifically, these amendments implement section 212 of the Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2008, which allows an eligible survivor to substitute for a deceased claimant in the decedent's pending claim or appeal of a decision on a claim. This final rule addresses eligibility for substitution and the procedures applicable to requests to substitute in a claim that is pending before a VA agency of original jurisdiction or an appeal that is pending before the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
2013-10-31; vol. 78 # 211 - Thursday, October 31, 2013 78 FR 65490 - Standard Claims and Appeals Forms
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Proposed rule. Comments must be received by VA on or before December 30, 2013. 38 CFR Parts 3, 19, and 20 Summary The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is proposing to amend its adjudication regulations and the appeals regulations and rules of practice of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board). There are two major components of these proposed changes. The first is to require all claims to be filed on standard forms prescribed by the Secretary, regardless of the type of claim or posture in which the claim arises. The second is to provide that VA would accept an expression of dissatisfaction or disagreement with an adjudicative determination by the agency of original jurisdiction (AOJ) as a Notice of Disagreement (NOD) only if it is submitted on a standardized form provided by VA for the purpose of appealing the decision, in cases where such a form is provided. The purpose of these amendments is to improve the quality and timeliness of the processing of veterans' claims for benefits.
2012-11-27; vol. 77 # 228 - Tuesday, November 27, 2012 77 FR 70686 - Rules Governing Hearings Before the Agency of Original Jurisdiction and the Board of Veterans' Appeals; Repeal of Prior Rule Change
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Final rule; confirmation of effective date and addition of applicability date. Effective Date: This final rule is effective June 18, 2012. Applicability Date: This final rule shall apply to decisions issued by the Board on or after August 23, 2011. 38 CFR Parts 3 and 20 Summary The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published a direct final rule amending its hearing regulations to repeal a prior amendment that specified that the provisions regarding hearings before the Agency of Original Jurisdiction (AOJ) do not apply to hearings before the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board). VA received no significant adverse comment concerning this rule. This document confirms that the direct final rule became effective on June 18, 2012. Additionally, in the preamble of the direct final rule, VA did not provide an applicability date. This document provides an applicability date.
2012-04-18; vol. 77 # 75 - Wednesday, April 18, 2012 77 FR 23128 - Rules Governing Hearings Before the Agency of Original Jurisdiction and the Board of Veterans' Appeals; Repeal of Prior Rule Change
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Direct final rule. This rule is effective June 18, 2012, without further notice, unless VA receives a significant adverse comment by May 18, 2012. If adverse comment is received, VA will publish a timely withdrawal of the rule in the Federal Register . 38 CFR Parts 3 and 20 Summary The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is taking final action to amend its hearing regulations to repeal a prior amendment that specified that the provisions regarding hearings before the Agency of Original Jurisdiction (AOJ) do not apply to hearings before the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board). This action is being taken because of VA's decision that the prior amendment should have followed the notice-and-comment procedure of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).
