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PUBLIC LAW 85.56-JUNE 17, 1957

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S I M U L T A N E O U S L Y CONTESTED C L A I M S

SEC. 1307. (a) I n simultaneously contested claims where one is allowed and one rejected, the time allowed for the filing of an application for review on appeal shall be sixty days, from the date notice is mailed of the original action to the claimant to whom the action is adverse. I n such cases the activity concerned shall promptly notify all parties in interest of the original action taken, expressly inviting attention to the fact that an application for review on appeal will not be entertained unless filed within the sixty-day period prescribed by this subsection. Such notices shall be forwarded to the parties in interest to the last known address of record. (b) Upon the filing of an application for review on appeal in simultaneously contested claims, all parties other than the applicant for review on appeal whose interests may be adversely affected by the decision, shall be notified of the substance thereof and allowed thirty days from the date of mailing of such notice within which to file brief or argument in answer thereto before the record is forwarded on application for review on appeal. Such notice shall be forwarded to the last known address of record of the parties whose interests may be adversely affected, and such action shall constitute sufficient evidence of notice. R E J E C T I O N OF

APPLICATIONS

SEC. 1808. An application for review on appeal shall not be entertained unless it is in conformity with this title. TITLE X IV — DEPARTMENT OF M E D I C I N E AND S U R G E R Y F U N C T I O N S OF DEPARTMENT

SEC. 1401. There shall be in the Veterans' Administration a Department of Medicine and Surgery under a Chief Medical Director. The functions of the Department of Medicine and Surgery shall be those necessary for a complete medical and hospital service, as prescribed by the Administrator pursuant to this title and other statutory authority, for the medical care and treatment of veterans. DIVISIONS OF DEPARTMENT

SEC. 1402. The Department of Medicine and Surgery shall include the following: Office of the Chief Medical Director, Medical Service, Dental Service, Nursing Service, and Auxiliary Service. APPOINTMENTS AND COMPENSATION

SEC. 1403. (a) The Office of the Chief Medical Director shall consist of the Chief Medical Director, one Deputy Chief Medical Director, not to exceed eight Assistant Chief Medical Directors, and such other personnel and employees as may be authorized by this title. (b) The Chief Medical Director shall be the Chief of the Department of Medicine and Surgery and shall be directly responsible to the Administrator for the operations of the Department. He shall be a qualified doctor of medicine, appointed by the Administrator. During the period of his service as such, the Chief Medical Director shall be paid a salary of $17,800 a year. (c) The Deputy Chief Medical Director shall be the principal assistant of the Chief Medical Director. He shall be a qualified doctor of medicine, appointed by the Administrator. During the period of his service as such, the Deputy Chief Medical Director shall be paid a salary of $16,800 a year.

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