# Expanded Delegation Authority for Procedures Related to Representation of Claimants
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2017-06-09 · Effective 2017-06-09 · 82 FR 26751
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-11977
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 26751
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 14
- **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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/06/09/2017-11977/expanded-delegation-authority-for-procedures-related-to-representation-of-claimants)
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