---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 20.403"
title: "38"
number: "20.403"
heading: "Rule 403. Notice to contesting parties on receipt of Notice of Disagreement in simultaneously contested claims."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/20.403"
---

# §20.403. Rule 403. Notice to contesting parties on receipt of Notice of Disagreement in simultaneously contested claims.


Upon the filing of a Notice of Disagreement in a simultaneously contested claim, all interested parties and their representatives will be furnished a copy of the substance of the Notice of Disagreement. The notice will inform the contesting party or parties of what type of review the appellant who initially filed a Notice of Disagreement selected under [§ 20.202(b)](/cfr/38/20.202.md?p=b), including whether a hearing was requested.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 84 FR 182, Jan. 18, 2019, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a) and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 57 FR 4109, Feb. 3, 1992, unless otherwise noted.