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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
38 CFR Part 20

RIN 2900-AG42

 

Rules of Practice; Attorneys' and Agents' Fees

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs has amended its regulation 
to cover an exception to the requirements for charging a fee in 
connection with a proceeding before the Department with respect to 
benefits administered by the Secretary. These fee agreements will be 
treated similarly to other fee agreements for administrative 
efficiency.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven L. Keller, Counsel to the Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals, 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20420 (202-233-2978).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of September 7, 
1993, at pages 47100 through 47101, VA published a proposed rule to 
implement an exception regarding the requirements for charging a fee in 
connection with a proceeding before the Department in cases arising out 
of certain loans. The amendment regarding the exception was created by 
section 303 of Public Law 102-405. Interested persons were invited to 
submit written comments, suggestions or objections on or before October 
7, 1993. Since no comments were received, the final rule is adopted as 
proposed.
    There are no Catalogs of Federal Domestic Assistance numbers 
associated with these final regulatory amendments.

 List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 20

    Administrative practice and procedure, Claims, Lawyers, Legal 
Services, Veterans.

    Approved: January 25, 1994.
Jesse Brown,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, 38 CFR part 20 is amended 
as set forth below:

PART 20--BOARD OF VETERANS' APPEALS: RULES OF PRACTICE

    1. The authority citation for part 20 continues to read as follows:

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

    2. In Sec. 20.609 paragraph (d) is redesignated as paragraph 
(d)(2), and a new paragraph (d)(1) is added reading as set forth below; 
and in paragraph (e) introductory text, the first sentence, the words 
``under paragraph (c)'' are removed.


Sec. 20.609  Rule 609. Payment of representative's fees in proceedings 
before Department of Veterans Affairs field personnel and before the 
Board of Veterans' Appeals.

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    (d) Exceptions--(1) Chapter 37 loans. With respect to services of 
agents and attorneys provided after October 9, 1992, a reasonable fee 
may be charged or paid in connection with any proceeding in a case 
arising out of a loan made, guaranteed, or insured under chapter 37, 
United States Code, even though the conditions set forth in paragraph 
(c) of this section are not met.
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(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 5902, 5904, 5905)

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control 
number 2900-0085)
[FR Doc. 94-11760 Filed 5-13-94; 8:45 am]
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