[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: 38CFR14.635]

[Page 591]
 
            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 14_LEGAL SERVICES, GENERAL COUNSEL, AND MISCELLANEOUS
 
Sec. 14.635  Office space and facilities.

    The Secretary may furnish office space and facilities, if available, 
in buildings owned or occupied by the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
for the use of paid full-time representatives of recognized national 
organizations, and for employees of recognized State organizations who 
are accredited to national organizations, for purposes of assisting 
claimants in the preparation, presentation, and prosecution of claims 
for Department of Veterans Affairs benefits.
    (a) Request for office space should be made by an appropriate 
official of the organization to the Director of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs facility in which space is desired and should set 
forth:
    (1) The number of full-time paid representatives who will be 
permanently assigned to the office;
    (2) The number of secretarial or other support staff who will be 
assigned to the office;
    (3) The number of claimants for whom the organization holds powers 
of attorney whose claims are within the jurisdiction of the facility or 
who reside in the area served by the facility, the number of such 
claimants whose claims are pending, and the number of claims prosecuted 
during the previous three years; and
    (4) Any other information the organization deems relevant to the 
allocation of office space.
    (b) When in the judgment of the Director office space and facilities 
previously granted could be better used by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, or would receive more effective use or serve more claimants if 
allocated to another recognized national organization, the Director may 
withdraw such space or reassign such space to another organization. In 
the case of a facility under the control of the Veterans Benefits 
Administration or the Veterans Health Administration, the final decision 
on such matters will be made by the Under Secretary for Benefits or the 
Under Secretary for Health, respectively.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), 5902)

[53 FR 52423, Dec. 28, 1988. Redesignated and amended at 57 FR 4104, 
Feb. 3, 1992; 68 FR 8547, Feb. 24, 2003]

   Expanded Remote Access to Computerized Veterans Claims Records by 
                       Accredited Representatives

    Source: 59 FR 47084, Sept. 14, 1994, unless otherwise noted.