38 CFR § 19.51 - Place of filing Notice of Disagreement and Substantive Appeal.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t38/s19.51"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "38 CFR § 19.51 - Place of filing Notice of Disagreement and Substantive Appeal."
title_number: 38
title_name: "Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief"
section_number: "19.51"
section_name: "Place of filing Notice of Disagreement and Substantive Appeal."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"
part_number: "19"
part_name: "BOARD OF VETERANS' APPEALS: LEGACY APPEALS REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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# 19.51 Place of filing Notice of Disagreement and Substantive Appeal.
The Notice of Disagreement and Substantive Appeal must be filed with the Department of Veterans Affairs office from which the claimant received notice of the determination being appealed unless notice has been received that the applicable Department of Veterans Affairs records have been transferred to another Department of Veterans Affairs office. In that case, the Notice of Disagreement or Substantive Appeal must be filed with the Department of Veterans Affairs office which has assumed jurisdiction over the applicable records.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1), (d)(3) (2016))
[57 FR 4109, Feb. 3, 1992. Redesignated at 84 FR 177, Jan. 18, 2019, as amended at 84 FR 34788, July 19, 2019]