[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR14.500]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 14_LEGAL SERVICES, GENERAL COUNSEL, AND MISCELLANEOUS
 
Sec.  14.500  Functions and responsibilities of General Counsel.

    The General Counsel is responsible to the Secretary for the 
following:
    (a) All litigation arising in, or out of, the activities of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs or involving any employee thereof in his 
or her official capacity.
    (b) All interpretative legal advice involving construction or 
application of

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laws, including statutes, regulations, and decisional as well as common 
law.
    (c) All legal services, advice and assistance required to implement 
any law administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
    (d) All delegations of authority and professional guidance required 
to meet these responsibilities.
    (e) Maintenance of a system of field offices capable of providing 
legal advice and assistance to all Department of Veterans Affairs field 
installations and acting for the General Counsel as provided by 
Department of Veterans Affairs Regulations and instructions, or as 
directed by the General Counsel in special cases. This includes 
cooperation with U.S. Attorneys in all civil and criminal cases 
pertaining to the Department of Veterans Affairs and reporting to the 
U.S. Attorneys, as authorized, or to the General Counsel, or both, 
criminal matters coming to the attention of the Regional Counsel.
    (f) Other matters assigned.

[42 FR 41410, Aug. 17, 1977]