---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 1208.4"
title: "5"
number: "1208.4"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/1208.4"
---

# §1208.4. Definitions.

- (a) **Appeal.** “Appeal” means a request for review of an agency action (the same meaning as in [5 CFR § 1201.4(f)](/cfr/5/1201.4.md?p=f)) and includes a “complaint” or “action” as those terms are used in USERRA ([38 U.S.C. 4324](/usc/38/4324.md)) and a “complaint” or “appeal” as those terms are used in VEOA ([5 U.S.C. 3330a](/usc/5/3330a.md)).
- (b) **Preference eligible.** “Preference eligible” is defined in [5 U.S.C. 2108](/usc/5/2108.md).
- (c) **USERRA appeal.** “USERRA appeal” means an appeal filed under [38 U.S.C. 4324](/usc/38/4324.md), as enacted by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-353), as amended. The term includes an appeal that alleges a violation of a predecessor statutory provision of chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code.
- (d) **VEOA appeal.** “VEOA appeal” means an appeal filed under [5 U.S.C. 3330a](/usc/5/3330a.md), as enacted by the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-339).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1204(h), 3330a, 3330b; 38 U.S.C. 4331.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 5412, Feb. 4, 2000, unless otherwise noted.