A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the procedures for providing claimants and their representatives with copies of Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions and to protect the right of claimants to appoint veterans' service organizations as their representatives in claims before the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Authorizes the Board of Veterans' Appeals to send a copy of its written decision to a claimant by any means (currently, only by mail) reasonably calculated to provide notice within the same time that a copy of such decision sent by first-class mail would be expected to reach such claimant. Authorizes a claimant to give a power of attorney naming a veterans' organization as the claimant's representative in a claim before the Board.

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 13 May 1996

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 13 May 1996

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 13 May 1996

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