Expanded Delegation Authority for Procedures Related to Representation of Claimants
VA · va-other · Published 2017-06-09 · Effective 2017-06-09 · 82 FR 26751
Document
Document number
2017-11977
Federal Register citation
82 FR 26751
CFR reference
38 CFR 14
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
va-other
Agency
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Publication date
2017-06-09
Effective date
2017-06-09
Abstract
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulations on representation of claimants for VA benefits to specifically permit additional delegations of authority within the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), update the titles of certain individuals and offices in OGC, and make a minor procedural clarification. These amendments are necessary to allow OGC to streamline the procedures related to representation of claimants and to ensure correct titles of certain individuals and offices in OGC are reflected in the regulations. In addition, a procedural clarification is being made by adding a sentence that was inadvertently omitted from a previous final rule.