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        <RIN>2900-AJ15</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>199810</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
        </PUBLICATION>
        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>2900</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Veterans Affairs</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>VA</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Board of Veterans&apos; Appeals: Rules of Practice--Revision of Decisions on Grounds of Clear and Unmistakable Error</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[The Board of Veterans' Appeals is proposing to amend its Rules of Practice to implement the provisions of Public Law 105-111, which permits challenges to Board decisions on the grounds of "clear and unmistakable error" (CUE). The amendments would (1) provide specific application procedures; (2) establish decision standards based on established caselaw; and (3) eliminate the Board's Chairman's discretionary review under "reconsideration" as duplicative, particularly given the Board's limited resources. These changes are necessary to implement the new statutory requirements.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Long-Term Actions</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>38 CFR 20.609</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 20.1000</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 20.1001</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 20.1400 New</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 20.1401 New</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 20.1402 New</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 20.1403 New</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 20.1404 New</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 20.1405 New</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 20.1406 New</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 20.1407 New</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 20.1408 New</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 20.1409 New</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>38 USC 501(a)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>38 USC 7104(d)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>38 USC 7111</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/19/1998</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>63 FR 27534</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/20/1998</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>63 FR 27534</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <PRINT_PAPER>NA</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Not Collected</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Steven</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Keller</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>L.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Senior Deputy Vice Chairman</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2900</CODE>
                    <NAME>Department of Veterans Affairs</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>VA</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 461-8078</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>steve.keller@va.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Board of Veterans Appeals, 810 Vermont Avenue NW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20420</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
        <PROCUREMENT>Not Procurement Related</PROCUREMENT>
        <REINVENT_GOVT>No</REINVENT_GOVT>
    </RIN_INFO>
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