---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 18b.70"
title: "38"
number: "18b.70"
heading: "Posthearing briefs; proposed findings and conclusions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/18b.70"
---

# §18b.70. Posthearing briefs; proposed findings and conclusions.

- (a) The presiding officer shall fix the time for filing posthearing briefs, which may contain proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law, and, if permitted, reply briefs.
- (b) Briefs should include a summary of the evidence relied upon together with references to exhibit numbers and pages of the transcript, with citations of authorities relied upon.

## Notes

### 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.