[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR19.11]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
          CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (CONTINUED)
 
PART 19--BOARD OF VETERANS' APPEALS: APPEALS REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart A--Operation of the Board of Veterans' Appeals
 
Sec. 19.11  Reconsideration panel.

    (a) Assignment of Members. When a motion for reconsideration is 
allowed, the Chairman will assign a panel of three or more Members of 
the Board, which may include the Chairman, to conduct the 
reconsideration.
    (b) Number of Members constituting a reconsideration panel. In the 
case of a matter originally heard by a single Member of the Board, the 
case shall be referred to a panel of three Members of the Board. In the 
case of a matter originally heard by a panel of Members of the Board, 
the case shall be referred to an enlarged panel, consisting of three or 
more Members than the original panel. In order to obtain a majority 
opinion, the number of Members assigned to a reconsideration panel may 
be increased in successive increments of three.
    (c) Members included in the reconsideration panel. The 
reconsideration panel

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may not include any Member who participated in the decision that is 
being reconsidered. Additional Members will be assigned in accordance 
with paragraph (b) of this section.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 7102, 7103)

[61 FR 20449, May 7, 1996]