---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 20.601"
title: "38"
number: "20.601"
heading: "Rule 601. Methods by which hearings in legacy appeals are conducted; scheduling and notice provisions for such hearings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/20.601"
---

# §20.601. Rule 601. Methods by which hearings in legacy appeals are conducted; scheduling and notice provisions for such hearings.

- (a) **Methods by which hearings in legacy appeals are conducted.** A hearing on appeal before the Board may be held by one of the following methods:
  - (1) In person at the Board's principal location in Washington, DC;
  - (2) By electronic hearing, through voice transmission or through picture and voice transmission, with the appellant appearing at a Department of Veterans Affairs facility or appropriate Federal facility; or
  - (3) At a Department of Veterans Affairs facility having adequate physical resources and personnel for the support of such hearings.
- (b) **Electronic hearings.** An appropriate Federal facility consists of a Federal facility having adequate physical resources and personnel for the support of such hearings.
- (c) **Provisions for scheduling and providing notice of hearings in legacy appeals.**
  - (1) The procedures for scheduling and providing notice of Board hearings in legacy appeals conducted by the methods described in paragraphs [(a)(1)](#a-1) and [(a)(2)](#a-2) of this section are contained in [Rule 704](/cfr/38/704.md) ([§ 20.704](/cfr/38/20.704.md)).
  - (2) The procedures for scheduling and providing notice of Board hearings in legacy appeals conducted at a Department of Veterans Affairs facility having adequate physical resources and personnel for the support of such hearings under (a)(3) are contained in [Rule 603](/cfr/38/603.md) ([§ 20.603](/cfr/38/20.603.md)).

## Notes

### Amendments

[84 FR 186, 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

[84 FR 186, Jan. 18, 2019]