[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR25.409]

[Page 100]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
          CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 25--CLAIMS--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart D--Military Claims
 
Sec. 25.409  Appeal.

    (a) A claimant may submit an appeal, in writing, through the 
settlement authority disapproving the claim or approving the claim in 
part.
    (1) The appeal shall set forth fully the legal or factual bases 
asserted as grounds for the appeal; and
    (2) The appeal is permitted only if it is postmarked within 45 days 
after receipt of (i) notice of disapproval of the claim or (ii) offer of 
settlement in a reduced amount.
    (b) The disapproval of a claim is final unless the claimant submits 
a request for reconsideration or an appeal in writing.
    (c) Upon receipt of an appeal, the settlement authority examines it 
and forwards it with the claim file, opinions, and recommendations to 
the next higher settlement authority.