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    38 USC Sec. 7252                                            01/19/04

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    TITLE 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS

    PART V - BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES

    CHAPTER 72 - UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS

    SUBCHAPTER I - ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION

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    Sec. 7252. Jurisdiction; finality of decisions

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      (a) The Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims shall have exclusive

    jurisdiction to review decisions of the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

    The Secretary 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 Secretary and the Board. The extent of the review shall

    be limited to the scope provided in section 7261 of this title. The

    Court may not review the schedule of ratings for disabilities

    adopted under section 1155 of this title or any action of the

    Secretary in adopting or revising that schedule.

      (c) Decisions by the Court are subject to review as provided in

    section 7292 of this title.

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    (Added Pub. L. 100-687, div. A, title III, Sec. 301(a), Nov. 18,

    1988, 102 Stat. 4113, Sec. 4052; renumbered Sec. 7252 and amended

    Pub. L. 102-40, title IV, Sec. 402(b)(1), (d)(1), May 7, 1991, 105

    Stat. 238, 239; Pub. L. 102-54, Sec. 14(e)(3), June 13, 1991, 105

    Stat. 287; Pub. L. 102-83, Secs. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(c)(1), Aug. 6,

    1991, 105 Stat. 404-406; Pub. L. 105-368, title V, Sec. 512(a)(1),

    Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3341.)

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                                AMENDMENTS                            

      1998 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-368 substituted "Court of Appeals

    for Veterans Claims" for "Court of Veterans Appeals".

      1991 - Pub. L. 102-40, Sec. 402(b)(1), renumbered section 4052 of

    this title as this section.

      Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted

    "Secretary" for "Administrator".

      Pub. L. 102-54 amended subsec. (a) as in effect immediately

    before the enactment of Pub. L. 102-40 by substituting "Court" for

    "court" in last sentence.

      Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted "1155" for

    "355".

      Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted "Secretary" for

    "Administrator" in two places.

      Pub. L. 102-40, Sec. 402(d)(1), substituted "7261" for "4061".

      Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-40, Sec. 402(d)(1), substituted "7292"

    for "4092".

                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1998 AMENDMENT                 

      Amendment by Pub. L. 105-368 effective on first day of first

    month beginning more than 90 days after Nov. 11, 1998, see section

    513 of Pub. L. 105-368, set out as a note under section 7251 of

    this title.

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                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               

      This section is referred to in section 7261 of this title.