Appeals Regulations, Rules of Practice: Hearings Before the Board of Veterans' Appeals at Department of Veterans Affairs Field Facilities

This document amends the Appeals Regulations for the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) to shorten from 60 days to 30 days the minimum notice the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) must give an appellant of the date and place of a hearing before the Board at a VA field facility. This change will help reduce the number of ``no shows'' at field hearings. This document also amends the Board's Rules of Practice to change, from the initiation of an appeal to the perfection of the appeal, the event beginning the period during which an appellant may request a hearing before the Board at a VA field facility. This change would reduce the number of hearings scheduled for appellants who never perfect their appeals. The Board adjudicates appeals of denials of claims for veterans' benefits.