---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 18b.16"
title: "38"
number: "18b.16"
heading: "Parties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/18b.16"
---

# §18b.16. Parties.


The term party shall include an applicant or recipient or other person to whom a notice of hearing or opportunity for hearing has been mailed naming that person as respondent. The Department shall also be deemed a party to all proceedings and shall be represented by the General Counsel.


## Notes

### Amendments

[35 FR 10760, July 2, 1970, as amended at 51 FR 10386, Mar. 26, 1986; 54 FR 34984, Aug. 23, 1989]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 38 U.S.C. 501 and 38 CFR 18.9(d) and appendix A, part 18.

### Source

Source: 35 FR 10760, July 2, 1970, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[35 FR 10760, July 2, 1970, as amended at 51 FR 10386, Mar. 26, 1986; 54 FR 34984, Aug. 23, 1989]