38 CFR § 18b.95 - Filing of ex parte communications.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t38/s18b.95"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "38 CFR § 18b.95 - Filing of ex parte communications."
title_number: 38
title_name: "Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief"
section_number: "18b.95"
section_name: "Filing of ex parte communications."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"
part_number: "18b"
part_name: "PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE UNDER TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 AND PART 18 OF THIS CHAPTER"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301, 38 U.S.C. 501 and 38 CFR 18.9(d) and appendix A, part 18."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 10760, July 2, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "18b"
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# 18b.95 Filing of ex parte communications.
A prohibited communication in writing received by the Secretary, the reviewing authority, or by the presiding officer, shall be made public by placing it in the correspondence file of the docket in the case and will not be considered as part of the record for decision. If the prohibited communication is received orally, a memorandum setting forth its substance shall be made and filed in the correspondence section of the docket in the case. A person referred to in such memorandum may file a comment for inclusion in the docket if the memorandum is considered to be incorrect.
[35 FR 10760, July 2, 1970, as amended at 51 FR 10387, Mar. 26, 1986]