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title: "§ 20.1003 Rule 1003. Hearings on reconsideration."
document: "38 CFR"
section: "§ 20.1003"
canonical: "https://veteranai.co/va-regulations/38-cfr/20.1003-hearings-on-reconsideration"
source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-38/section-20.1003"
updated: "2026-09-07T14:36:48.961088Z"
---

# § 20.1003. Rule 1003. Hearings on reconsideration.

After a motion for reconsideration has been allowed, a hearing will be granted if the issue under reconsideration was considered on a docket for cases that may include a hearing, and an appellant requests a hearing before the Board. The hearing will be held by a Member or Members assigned to the reconsideration panel. A hearing will not normally be scheduled solely for the purpose of receiving argument by a representative. Such argument should be submitted in the form of a written brief. Requests for appearances by representatives alone to personally present argument to a Member or panel of Members of the Board may be granted if good cause is shown. Whether good cause has been shown will be determined by the presiding Member.

[61 FR 20453, May 7, 1996, as amended at 84 FR 191, Jan. 18, 2019]