---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 7256"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "7256"
heading: "Times and places of sessions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/7256"
units:
  - "Part V — Boards, Administrations, and Services"
  - "Chapter 72 — United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims"
  - "Subchapter I — Organization and Jurisdiction"
---

# §7256. Times and places of sessions


The times and places of sessions of the Court of Appeals for [Veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) Claims shall be prescribed by the chief judge.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 100–687, div. A, title III, § 301(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4115, § 4056; renumbered § 7256, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; amended Pub. L. 105–368, title V, § 512(a)(1), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3341.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1998—Pub. L. 105–368 substituted “Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims” for “Court of Veterans Appeals”.

1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 4056 of this title as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 105–368 effective on first day of first month beginning more than 90 days after Nov. 11, 1998, see section 513 of Pub. L. 105–368, set out as a note under section 7251 of this title.