Volume 75
Public Law 87–97
To amend section 4004 of title 38, United States Code, to require that the Board of Veterans’ Appeals render findings of fact and conclusions of law in the opinions setting forth its decisions on appeals.
Approved July 20, 1961
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend section 4004 of title 38, United States Code, to require that the Board of Veterans’ Appeals render findings of fact and conclusions of law in the opinions setting forth its decisions on appeals.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 4004
Board of Veterans’ Appeals.
Findings.
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
“(d) The decisions of the Board shall be in writing and shall contain findings of fact and conclusions of law separately stated.”
Sec. 2.
The amendment made by this Act shall take effect as of
Effective date.
January 1, 1962.
Approved July 20, 1961.