38 CFR 20.3 - Rule 3. Definitions
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Compensation, pension, burial and related benefits:
General provisions; reorganization and plain language rewrite,
...a claimant's or beneficiary's right to benefits.'' We note that this definition differs somewhat from a definition of the same term in 38 CFR 20.3(a) which reads as follows:``Agency of original jurisdiction means the Department of Veterans Affairs activity or administration, that is, the Ve......
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Standard Claims and Appeals Forms
...which are claims in which the award of benefits to one person may result in the disallowance or reduction of benefits to another person. 38 CFR 20.3(p). Such claims arise only rarely and, irrespective of the nature of the benefit sought, they commonly present unique issues involving marital......
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VA Claims and Appeals Modernization
...20.3--Definitions A commenter expressed concern that the elimination of the phrase ``argument and/or'' from the definition contained in 38 CFR 20.3(h) could be interpreted as a means to limit or eliminate arguments from accredited representatives at a Board hearing. VA directs the commenter......
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Part III
...a claimant's or beneficiary's right to benefits.'' We note that this definition differs somewhat from a definition of the same term in 38 CFR 20.3(a) which reads as follows:``Agency of original jurisdiction means the Department of Veterans Affairs activity or administration, that is, the Ve......
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58 cases
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Sapp v. Wilkie, 16-2104
...in part sub nom. Medrano v. Shinseki, 332 Fed.Appx. 625 (Fed. Cir. 2009); Sheets v. Nicholson, 20 Vet.App. 463, 466-67 (2006); 38 C.F.R. § 20.3(p) (2016)). The parties agreed that vacatur and remand of "that portion" of Bettie's Board decision "that denied entitlement to service connection ......
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Hiles v. Army Review Bd. Agency, Case No. 1:12-cv-673
...is determined under laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs pertaining to veterans and their dependents and survivors." 38 C.F.R. § 20.3. The VA medical benefits package includes authorized emergency care in VA facilities, 38 C.F.R. § 17.38, but veterans can receive authoriz......
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Tapia v. United States, No. 19-108C
...determined under laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs pertaining to veterans and their dependents and survivors." 38 C.F.R. § 20.3(e) (2019) (emphasis added).Page 26 As discussed above, the Family Caregivers Program at issue in the above-captioned case was originally enac......
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Disabled American Veterans v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 02-7304, -7305, -7316.
...BACKGROUND A claim for VA benefits is initially decided by an AOJ, usually a VA regional office. See 38 U.S.C. § 7105(b)(1), (d)(1); 38 C.F.R. § 20.3(a). A claimant may appeal an adverse AOJ decision to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs ("Secretary"). 38 U.S.C. § 7104(a) ("All questions in ......
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