---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 25.409"
title: "33"
number: "25.409"
heading: "Appeal."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/25.409"
---

# §25.409. Appeal.

- (a) A claimant may submit an appeal, in writing, through the settlement authority disapproving the claim or approving the claim in part.
  - (1) The appeal shall set forth fully the legal or factual bases asserted as grounds for the appeal; and
  - (2) The appeal is permitted only if it is postmarked within 45 days after receipt of (i) notice of disapproval of the claim or (ii) offer of settlement in a reduced amount.
- (b) The disapproval of a claim is final unless the claimant submits a request for reconsideration or an appeal in writing.
- (c) Upon receipt of an appeal, the settlement authority examines it and forwards it with the claim file, opinions, and recommendations to the next higher settlement authority.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2733; 49 CFR 1.46(j).

### Authority

Authority: 14 U.S.C. 503; 49 CFR 1.45(a); 49 CFR 1.45(b); 49 CFR 1.46(b), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: CGD 80-033, 46 FR 27109, May 18, 1981, unless otherwise noted.