38 CFR § 1.901 - No private rights created.

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title: "38 CFR § 1.901 - No private rights created."
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# 1.901 No private rights created.

Sections 1.900 through 1.953 do not create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by a party against the United States, its agencies, its officers, or any other person, nor shall the failure of VA to comply with any of the provisions of §§ 1.900 through 1.953 be available to any debtor as a defense.

(Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3711; 38 U.S.C. 501)

[69 FR 62191, Oct. 25, 2004]