[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: 38CFR19.13]

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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. 19.13  Delegation of authority to Chairman and Vice Chairman, Board of 
Veterans' Appeals.

    The Chairman and/or Vice Chairman have authority delegated by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to:
    (a) Approve the assumption of appellate jurisdiction of an 
adjudicative determination which has not become final in order to grant 
a benefit, and
    (b) Order VA Central Office investigations of matters before the 
Board.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 303, 512(a))