---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 18b.33"
title: "38"
number: "18b.33"
heading: "Request for hearing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/18b.33"
---

# §18b.33. Request for hearing.


Within 20 days after service of a notice of opportunity for hearing which does not fix a date for hearing the respondent, either in the answer or in a separate document, may request a hearing. Failure of the respondent to request a hearing shall be deemed a waiver of the right to a hearing and to constitute consent to the making of a decision on the basis of such information as is available.


## Notes

### Amendments

[35 FR 10760, July 2, 1970, as amended at 51 FR 10386, Mar. 26, 1986]

### 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]