38 CFR § 20.106 - Rule 106. Assignment of proceedings.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t38/s20.106"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "38 CFR § 20.106 - Rule 106. Assignment of proceedings."
title_number: 38
title_name: "Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief"
section_number: "20.106"
section_name: "Rule 106. Assignment of proceedings."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"
part_number: "20"
part_name: "BOARD OF VETERANS' APPEALS: RULES OF PRACTICE"
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) and as noted in specific sections."
regulatory_source: "57 FR 4109, Feb. 3, 1992, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "20"
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# 20.106 Rule 106. Assignment of proceedings.
(a) *Assignment.* The Chairman may assign a proceeding instituted before the Board, including any motion, to an individual Member or to a panel of three or more Members for adjudication or other appropriate action. The Chairman may participate in a proceeding assigned to a panel of Members.
(b) *Inability to serve.* If a Member is unable to participate in the disposition of a proceeding or motion to which the Member has been assigned, the Chairman may assign the proceeding or motion to another Member or substitute another Member (in the case of a proceeding or motion assigned to a panel).
[61 FR 20448, May 7, 1996. Redesignated at 84 FR 177, Jan. 18, 2019, as amended at 84 FR 4337, Feb. 15, 2019]