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[CITE: 38USC511]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                       PART I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
            CHAPTER 5--AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL AUTHORITIES
 
Sec. 511. Decisions of the Secretary; finality

    (a) The Secretary shall decide all questions of law and fact 
necessary to a decision by the Secretary under a law that affects the 
provision of benefits by the Secretary to veterans or the dependents or 
survivors of veterans. Subject to subsection (b), the decision of the 
Secretary as to any such question shall be final and conclusive and may 
not be reviewed by any other official or by any court, whether by an 
action in the nature of mandamus or otherwise.
    (b) The second sentence of subsection (a) does not apply to--
        (1) matters subject to section 502 of this title;
        (2) matters covered by sections 1975 and 1984 of this title;
        (3) matters arising under chapter 37 of this title; and
        (4) matters covered by chapter 72 of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 2(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 388.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Prior section 511 was renumbered section 1511 of this title.
    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 211(a) of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102-83, 
Sec. 2(a).


                    Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

    Writ of mandamus abolished in United States district courts, but 
relief available by appropriate action or motion, see rule 81, Title 28, 
Appendix, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 5104, 7104 of this title.
