---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 725.481"
title: "20"
number: "725.481"
heading: "Right to appeal to the Benefits Review Board."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/725.481"
---

# §725.481. Right to appeal to the Benefits Review Board.


Any party dissatisfied with a decision and order issued by an administrative law judge may, before the decision and order becomes final (see [§ 725.479](/cfr/20/725.479.md)), appeal the decision and order to the Benefits Review Board. A notice of appeal shall be filed with the Board. Proceedings before the Board shall be conducted in accordance with [part 802 of this title](/cfr/20/part802.md).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq., 902(f), 921, 932, 936; 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 405; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 80054, Dec. 20, 2000, unless otherwise noted.