# Rules Governing Hearings Before the Agency of Original Jurisdiction and the Board of Veterans' Appeals; Repeal of Prior Rule Change
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule; confirmation of effective date and addition of applicability date. · Published 2012-11-27 · Effective 2012-06-18 · 77 FR 70686
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-28621
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 70686
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 3
- **Publication date:** 2012-11-27
- **Effective date:** 2012-06-18
## Abstract

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published a direct final rule amending its hearing regulations to repeal a prior amendment that specified that the provisions regarding hearings before the Agency of Original Jurisdiction (AOJ) do not apply to hearings before the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board). VA received no significant adverse comment concerning this rule. This document confirms that the direct final rule became effective on June 18, 2012. Additionally, in the preamble of the direct final rule, VA did not provide an applicability date. This document provides an applicability date.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/11/27/2012-28621/rules-governing-hearings-before-the-agency-of-original-jurisdiction-and-the-board-of-veterans)
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