38 CFR § 19.54 - Filing additional evidence does not extend time limit for appeal.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t38/s19.54"
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title: "38 CFR § 19.54 - Filing additional evidence does not extend time limit for appeal."
title_number: 38
title_name: "Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief"
section_number: "19.54"
section_name: "Filing additional evidence does not extend time limit for appeal."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"
part_number: "19"
part_name: "BOARD OF VETERANS' APPEALS: LEGACY APPEALS REGULATIONS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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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# 19.54 Filing additional evidence does not extend time limit for appeal.
Except as provided in § 19.52(b), the filing of additional evidence after receipt of notice of an adverse determination does not extend the time limit for initiating or completing an appeal from that determination.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 7105 (2016))
[57 FR 4109, Feb. 3, 1992, as amended at 66 FR 50318, Oct. 3, 2001. Redesignated by correction at 84 FR 4336, Feb. 15, 2019, as amended at 84 FR 179, Jan. 18, 2019]