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 PUBLIC LAW 100-687—NOV. 18, 1988

102 STAT. 4113

TITLE III—UNITED STATES COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS SEC. 301. UNITED STATES COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF CouRT.—Part V is amended by inserting after chapter 71 the following new chapter:

"CHAPTER 72—UNITED STATES COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS "SUBCHAPTER I—ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION

"Sec. "4051. Status. "4052. Jurisdiction; finality of decisions. "4053. Composition. "4054. Organization. "4055. Offices. "4056. Times and places of sessions. "SUBCHAPTER II—PROCEDURE

"4061. Scope of review. "4062. Fee for filing appeals. "4063. Representation of parties; fee agreements. "4064. Rules of practice and procedure. "4065. Contempt authority; assistance to the Court. "4066. Notice of appeal. "4067. Decisions. "4068. Availability of proceedings. "4069. Publication of decisions. "SUBCHAPTER III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

"4081. Employees. "4082. Budget and expenditures. "4083. Disposition of fees. "4084. Fee for transcript of record. "4085. Practice fee. "SUBCHAPTER IV—DECISIONS AND REVIEW

"4091. Date when United States Court of Veterans Appeals decision becomes final. "4092. Review by United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

"SUBCHAPTER I—ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION "§ 4051. Status "There is hereby established, under Article I of the Constitution of the United States, a court of record to be known as the United States Court of Veterans Appeals. "§ 4052. Jurisdiction; finality of decisions "(a) The Court of Veterans Appeals shall have exclusive jurisdiction to review decisions of the Board of Veterans' Appeals. The Administrator may not seek review of any such decision. The court shall have power to affirm, modify, or reverse a decision of the Board or to remand the matter, as appropriate. "(b) Review in the Court shall be on the record of proceedings before the Administrator and the Board. The extent of the review shall be limited to the scope provided in section 4061 of this title. The Court may not review the schedule of ratings for disabilities adopted under section 355 of this title or any action of the Administrator in adopting or revising that schedule.

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