---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 20.407"
title: "38"
number: "20.407"
heading: "Rule 407. Favorable findings are not binding in contested claims."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/20.407"
---

# §20.407. Rule 407. Favorable findings are not binding in contested claims.


Where a claim is contested, findings favorable to either party, as described in [Rule 801](/cfr/38/801.md) ([§ 20.801](/cfr/38/20.801.md)), are no longer binding on all agency of original jurisdiction and Board of Veterans' Appeals adjudicators during the pendency of the contested appeal.


## Notes

### Amendments

[84 FR 182, Jan. 18, 2019; 84 FR 34788, July 19, 2019]

### 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.

### Amendments

[84 FR 182, Jan. 18, 2019; 84 FR 34788, July 19, 2019]