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[CITE: 38USC7269]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
              PART V--BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES
 
     CHAPTER 72--UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS
 
                        SUBCHAPTER II--PROCEDURE
 
Sec. 7269. Publication of decisions

    (a) The Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims shall provide for the 
publication of decisions of the Court in such form and manner as may be 
best adapted for public information and use. The Court may make such 
exceptions, or may authorize the chief judge to make such exceptions, to 
the requirement for publication in the preceding sentence as may be 
appropriate.
    (b) Such authorized publication shall be competent evidence of the 
decisions of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims therein contained 
in all courts of the United States and of the several States without any 
further proof or authentication thereof.
    (c) Such publications shall be subject to sale in the same manner 
and upon the same terms as other public documents.

(Added Pub. L. 100-687, div. A, title III, Sec. 301(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 
102 Stat. 4118, Sec. 4069; renumbered Sec. 7269, Pub. L. 102-40, title 
IV, Sec. 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; amended Pub. L. 105-368, 
title V, Sec. 512(a)(1), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3341.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 105-368 substituted ``Court of 
Appeals for Veterans Claims'' for ``Court of Veterans Appeals''.
    1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 4069 of this title as this 
section.


                    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.
