Rule 1003. Hearings on reconsideration.

§ 20.1003 Rule 1003. Hearings on reconsideration. After a motion for reconsideration has been allowed, a hearing will be granted if the issue under reconsideration was considered on a docket for cases that may include a hearing, and an appellant requests a hearing before the Board. The hearing will be held by a Member or Members assigned to the reconsideration panel. A hearing will not normally be scheduled solely for the purpose of receiving argument by a representative. Such argument should be submitted in the form of a written brief. Requests for appearances by representatives alone to personally present argument to a Member or panel of Members of the Board may be granted if good cause is shown. Whether good cause has been shown will be determined by the presiding Member. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 7102, 7103, 7105(a)) [61 FR 20453, May 7, 1996, as amended at 84 FR 191, Jan. 18, 2019]