Rules of Practice and Procedure of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
(Effective September 1, 1996, as amended to January 2, 2001)
Rule
1. Scope of Rules.
2. Suspension of Rules.
3. How to Appeal.
4. When to Appeal.
5. Suspension of Appellate Proceedings.
6, 7. (Reserved).
8. Stay or Injunction Pending Appeal.
9. (Reserved).
10. Designation of the Record on Appeal.
11. Transmission of the Record on Appeal.
12. Docketing the Appeal; Filing the Record on Appeal.
13, 14. (Reserved).
15. Intervention.
16 to 20. (Reserved).
21. Extraordinary Relief.
22, 23. (Reserved).
24. Waiver of Filing Fee.
25. Filing and Service.
26. Computation and Extension of Time.
27. Motions.
28. Briefs.
29. Brief of an Amicus Curiae.
30. Citation of Nonprecedential Authority.
31. Filing and Service of Briefs.
32. Form of Briefs, Appendices, and Other Papers.
33. Appeal Conference.
34. Oral Argument.
35. Motions for Reconsideration, or for Decision by a Panel or by the Full Court.
36. Entry of Judgment.
37. (Reserved).
38. Frivolous Appeals.
39. Attorney Fees and Expenses.
40. (Reserved).
41. Issuance of Mandate; Stay of Mandate.
42. Voluntary Dismissal.
43. Substitution of Parties.
44. Judicial Conference.
45. Duties of Clerk.
46. Representation.
47. Expedited Consideration.
48. Disclosure of Certain Protected Records.
49. Complaints Against Judges.
Form
1. Notice of Appeal.
2. Appellant’s Brief.
3. Notice of Appearance.
4. Motion to Waive Filing Fee.
APPENDIX OF RULES OF ADMISSION AND PRACTICE
Rule
1. Standards of Professional Conduct.
2. Committee on Admission and Practice.
3. Members of the Bar and Non-attorney Practitioners Convicted of Crimes.
4. Discipline Imposed by Other Courts or Any Other Governmental Entities.
5. Disbarment on Consent or Resignation in Other Courts.
6. Disbarment on Consent While Under Disciplinary Investigation or Prosecution.
7. Reinstatement.
8. Persons Specially Admitted.
9. Proceedings Where a Person is Declared to be Mentally Incompetent or is Alleged to be Incapacitated.
10. Duty of all Persons Admitted to Practice to Provide Notice of Convictions or Discipline by Other Courts or Agencies.
11. Duties of the Clerk.
12. Jurisdiction.