---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 20.501"
title: "38"
number: "20.501"
heading: "Rule 501. Who can file an appeal in simultaneously contested claims."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/20.501"
---

# §20.501. Rule 501. Who can file an appeal in simultaneously contested claims.


In a simultaneously contested claim, any claimant or representative of a claimant may file a Notice of Disagreement or Substantive Appeal within the time limits set out in [Rule 502](/cfr/38/502.md) ([§ 20.502](/cfr/38/20.502.md)).


## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 4109, Feb. 3, 1992. Redesignated and amended at 84 FR 183, 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 4109, Feb. 3, 1992. Redesignated and amended at 84 FR 183, Jan. 18, 2019]