38 CFR § 18a.5 - Delegation to the General Counsel.
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title: "38 CFR § 18a.5 - Delegation to the General Counsel."
title_number: 38
title_name: "Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief"
section_number: "18a.5"
section_name: "Delegation to the General Counsel."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"
part_number: "18a"
part_name: "DELEGATION OF RESPONSIBILITY IN CONNECTION WITH TITLE VI, CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301, 38 U.S.C. 501 and 38 CFR 18.9(d) and appendix A, part 18."
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# 18a.5 Delegation to the General Counsel.
The General Counsel is delegated the responsibility, upon receipt of information from the Under Secretary for Benefits, the Chief Medical Director, or the designee of either of them, that compliance cannot be secured by voluntary means, of forwarding to the recipient or other person the notice required by § 18.9(a) of this chapter, and also is delegated the responsibility of representing the agency in all proceedings resulting from such notice.
[35 FR 10759, July 2, 1970]