Background

This transmittal amends chapter I-4-0 of the Hearings, Appeals and Litigation Law (HALLEX) manual to update information about the Office of Appellate Operations' functions and responsibilities when a claimant files a civil action. We made significant editorial and formatting changes, including changing the title of the chapter.

Explanation of Content and Changes

Chapter I-4-0 is amended as follows:

I-4-0 – We changed the chapter title to “Office of Appellate Operations Division of Civil Actions - Functions and Responsibilities” to better reflect the content of the chapter.

I-4-0-1 – We changed the section title to “Introduction to Division of Civil Actions.” We removed the information previously in the section as it was duplicative of information in HALLEX I-1-0. We incorporated information previously in HALLEX I-4-0-3 and added links to other helpful HALLEX sections.

I-4-0-2 – We changed the section title to “General Functions and Responsibilities” to correspond with the change in the chapter title. We incorporated information previously in HALLEX I-4-0-4 as it was duplicative of the information already in the section. We updated the information and added helpful references to other HALLEX sections.

I-4-0-3 – We completely removed the section because we incorporated the information in HALLEX I-4-0-1.

I-4-0-4 – We completely removed the section because the information was duplicative of HALLEX I-4-0-2.

Date: January 16, 2015