After expiration of the 30-day period for response in §20.404, the Board will place all parties of the simultaneously contested claim on the docket for the type of review requested under §20.202(b). In the event the parties request different types of review, if any party requests a hearing the appeal will be placed on the docket described in §20.800(a)(iii), and VA will notify the parties that a hearing will be scheduled. If no party requested a hearing, but any party requested the opportunity to submit additional evidence, the appeal will be placed on the docket described in §20.800(a)(ii), and the parties will be notified of their opportunity to submit additional evidence within 90 days of the date of such notice.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 7105A(b)(1))

[84 FR 182, Jan. 18, 2019; 84 FR 34788, July 19, 2019]