[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: 38CFR20.201]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
          CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (CONTINUED)
 
PART 20--BOARD OF VETERANS' APPEALS: RULES OF PRACTICE--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart C--Commencement and Perfection of Appeal
 
Sec. 20.201  Rule 201. Notice of Disagreement.

    A written communication from a claimant or his or her representative 
expressing dissatisfaction or disagreement with an adjudicative 
determination by the agency of original jurisdiction and a desire to 
contest the result will constitute a Notice of Disagreement. While 
special wording is not required, the Notice of Disagreement must be in 
terms which can be reasonably construed as disagreement with that 
determination and a desire for appellate review. If the agency of 
original jurisdiction gave notice that adjudicative determinations were 
made on several issues at the same time, the specific determinations 
with which the claimant disagrees must be identified. For example, if 
service connection was denied for two disabilities and the claimant 
wishes to appeal the denial of service connection with respect to only 
one of the disabilities, the Notice of Disagreement must make that 
clear.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 7105)