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[CITE: 38USC7264]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
              PART V--BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES
 
     CHAPTER 72--UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS
 
                        SUBCHAPTER II--PROCEDURE
 
Sec. 7264. Rules of practice and procedure

    (a) The proceedings of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims 
shall be conducted in accordance with such rules of practice and 
procedure as the Court prescribes.
    (b) The mailing of a pleading, decision, order, notice, or process 
in respect of proceedings before the Court shall be held sufficient 
service of such pleading, decision, order, notice, or process if it is 
properly addressed to the address furnished by the appellant on the 
notice of appeal filed under section 7266 of this title.
    (c) Section 455 of title 28 shall apply to judges and proceedings of 
the Court.

(Added Pub. L. 100-687, div. A, title III, Sec. 301(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 
102 Stat. 4116, Sec. 4064; renumbered Sec. 7264 and amended Pub. L. 102-
40, title IV, Sec. 402(b)(1), (d)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238, 239; 
Pub. L. 102-82, Sec. 4, Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 376; Pub. L. 105-368, 
title V, Sec. 512(a)(1), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3341.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-368 substituted ``Court of Appeals 
for Veterans Claims'' for ``Court of Veterans Appeals''.
    1991--Pub. L. 102-40, Sec. 402(b)(1), renumbered section 4064 of 
this title as this section.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-40, Sec. 402(d)(1), substituted ``7266'' 
for ``4066''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-82 added subsec. (c).


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 105-368 effective on first day of first month 
beginning more than 90 days after Nov. 11, 1998, see section 513 of Pub. 
L. 105-368, set out as a note under section 7251 of this title.


               Interim Rules of Court of Veterans Appeals

    Pub. L. 101-94, title II, Sec. 203, Aug. 16, 1989, 103 Stat. 627, 
provided that the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (28 U.S.C. App.) 
would be interim rules of United States Court of Veterans Appeals unless 
otherwise provided by the Court in accordance with this chapter, and if 
there was a conflict between a provision of Federal Rules of Appellate 
Procedure and procedures set forth in this chapter, procedures set forth 
in this chapter would apply.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 7263 of this title.
