[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: 38CFR20.709]

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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 H--Hearings on Appeal
 
Sec. 20.709  Rule 709. Procurement of additional evidence following a 
hearing.

    If it appears during the course of a hearing that additional 
evidence would assist in the review of the questions at issue, the 
presiding Member may direct that the record be left open so that the 
appellant and his or her representative may obtain the desired evidence. 
The presiding Member will determine the period of time during which the 
record will stay open, considering the amount of time estimated by the 
appellant or representative as needed to obtain the evidence and other 
factors adduced during the hearing. Ordinarily, the period will not 
exceed 60 days, and will be as short as possible in order that appellate 
consideration of the case not be unnecessarily delayed.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 7102, 7105(a), 7107)