---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 1.960"
title: "38"
number: "1.960"
heading: "Legal and technical assistance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/1.960"
---

# §1.960. Legal and technical assistance.


Legal questions involving a determination under [§ 2.6(e)(4)](/cfr/38/2.6.md?p=e-4) of this chapter will be referred to the Regional Counsel for action in accordance with delegations of the General Counsel, unless there is an existence a General Counsel's opinion or an approved Regional Counsel's opinion dispositive of the controlling legal principle. As to matters not controlled by [§ 2.6(e)(4)](/cfr/38/2.6.md?p=e-4) of this chapter, the Chairperson of the regional office Committee or at his/her instance, a member, may seek and obtain advice from the Regional Counsel on legal matters within his/her jurisdiction and from other division chiefs in their areas of responsibility, on any matter properly before the Committee. Guidance may also be requested from the Central Office staff.


## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 59906, Oct. 17, 1979]

### Authority

Authority: Sections 1.900 through 1.953 are issued under the authority of 31 U.S.C. 3711 through 3720E; 38 U.S.C. 501, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 42111, 42112, Nov. 3, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 33944, Aug. 12, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[44 FR 59906, Oct. 17, 1979]