38 CFR § 19.32 - Closing of appeal for failure to respond to Statement of the Case.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t38/s19.32"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "38 CFR § 19.32 - Closing of appeal for failure to respond to Statement of the Case."
title_number: 38
title_name: "Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief"
section_number: "19.32"
section_name: "Closing of appeal for failure to respond to Statement of the Case."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"
part_number: "19"
part_name: "BOARD OF VETERANS' APPEALS: LEGACY APPEALS REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "38 U.S.C. 501(a), unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "57 FR 4104, Feb. 3, 1992, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "19"
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# 19.32 Closing of appeal for failure to respond to Statement of the Case.
The agency of original jurisdiction may close the appeal without notice to an appellant or his or her representative for failure to respond to a Statement of the Case within the period allowed. However, if a Substantive Appeal is subsequently received within the 1-year appeal period (60-day appeal period for simultaneously contested claims), the appeal will be considered to be reactivated.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 7105(d)(3) (2016))
[57 FR 4104, Feb. 3, 1992, as amended at 84 FR 178, Jan. 18, 2019]