---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 20.5"
title: "38"
number: "20.5"
heading: "Rule 5. Right to representation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/20.5"
---

# §20.5. Rule 5. Right to representation.


An appellant will be accorded full right to representation in all stages of an appeal by a recognized organization, attorney, agent, or other authorized person.


## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 4104, Feb. 3, 1992. Redesignated and amended at 84 FR 184, Jan. 18, 2019]

### 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

[57 FR 4104, Feb. 3, 1992. Redesignated and amended at 84 FR 184, Jan. 18, 2019]