Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
Title 38 - Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief |
Chapter I - Department of Veterans Affairs |
Part 21 - Vocational Rehabilitation and Education |
Subpart A - Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 31 |
Additional Administrative Consideration |
§ 21.412 - Finality of decisions.
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§ 21.412 Finality of decisions.
(a) Facility of original jurisdiction. The decision of a VA facility in a given veteran's case:
(1) Will be final and binding upon all field stations of VA as to conclusions based on evidence on file at that time; and
(b) Adjudicative determinations. Current determinations of line of duty, character of discharge, relationship, and other pertinent elements affecting eligibility for training and rehabilitation services or payment of subsistence allowance under Chapter 31, made by an adjudicative activity by application of the same criteria and based on the same facts, are binding upon all other adjudicative activities in the absence of clear and unmistakable error.
[49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984, as amended at 84 FR 193, Jan. 18, 2019]