38 CFR § 20.301 - Rule 301. Appeals with no request for a Board hearing and no additional evidence.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t38/s20.301"
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title: "38 CFR § 20.301 - Rule 301. Appeals with no request for a Board hearing and no additional evidence."
title_number: 38
title_name: "Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief"
section_number: "20.301"
section_name: "Rule 301. Appeals with no request for a Board hearing and no additional evidence."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"
part_number: "20"
part_name: "BOARD OF VETERANS' APPEALS: RULES OF PRACTICE"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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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# 20.301 Rule 301. Appeals with no request for a Board hearing and no additional evidence.
For appeals in which the appellant requested, on the Notice of Disagreement, direct review by the Board without submission of additional evidence and without a Board hearing, the Board's decision will be based on a review of the evidence of record at the time of the agency of original jurisdiction decision on the issue or issues on appeal.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 7105, 7107, 7113(a))
[84 FR 182, Jan. 18, 2019]