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title: "38 U.S.C. § 8510"
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title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
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chapter_name: "DISPOSITION OF DECEASED VETERANS’ PERSONAL PROPERTY"
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# 38 U.S.C. § 8510 - Finality of decisions

## Text

Decisions by the Secretary under this subchapter shall not be reviewable administratively by any other officer of the United States.

(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1259, § 5210; renumbered § 8510, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 5210 of this title as this section. Pub. L. 102–83 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”.