{"abstract":"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulations on representation of claimants for VA benefits to specifically permit additional delegations of authority within the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), update the titles of certain individuals and offices in OGC, and make a minor procedural clarification. These amendments are necessary to allow OGC to streamline the procedures related to representation of claimants and to ensure correct titles of certain individuals and offices in OGC are reflected in the regulations. In addition, a procedural clarification is being made by adding a sentence that was inadvertently omitted from a previous final rule.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","name":"Veterans Affairs Department","id":520,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/veterans-affairs-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/520","parent_id":null,"slug":"veterans-affairs-department"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2017/06/09/2017-11977.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":14,"title":38}],"citation":"82 FR 26751","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective Date: This rule is effective June 9, 2017.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2017-11977","effective_on":"2017-06-09","end_page":26754,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2017/06/09/2017-11977.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/06/09/2017-11977/expanded-delegation-authority-for-procedures-related-to-representation-of-claimants","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2017-11977?publication_date=2017-06-09","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2017-06-09/2017-11977/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":4,"page_views":{"count":295,"last_updated":"2026-10-22 18:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-06-09/pdf/2017-11977.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2017-11977.pdf?1496925935","publication_date":"2017-06-09","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2017/06/09/2017-11977.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"2900-AP96":null},"regulation_id_numbers":["2900-AP96"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"AP96(FF) Impact Analysis - OGC-Expanded Delegation Auth","document_id":"VA-2017-VACO-0012-0002"}],"comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=VA-2017-VACO-0012","supporting_documents_count":1,"docket_id":"VA-2017-VACO-0012","regulation_id_number":"2900-AP96","title":"AP96 - Final Rule - Expanded Delegation Authority for\nProcedures Related to Representation\nof Claimants","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2017-06-29T06:00:20Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":26751,"subtype":null,"title":"Expanded Delegation Authority for Procedures Related to Representation of Claimants","toc_doc":"Expanded Delegation Authority for Procedures Related To Representation of Claimants","toc_subject":null,"topics":["Administrative practice and procedure","Claims","Courts","Foreign relations","Government employees","Lawyers","Legal services","Organization and functions (Government agencies)","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Surety bonds","Trusts and trustees","Veterans"],"type":"Rule","volume":82}