38 CFR § 14.634 — Banks or trust companies acting as guardians

Title 38, Code of Federal Regulations · full text below reproduced from the eCFR, revision of 2026-07-01.

In practice: Banks or trust companies acting as a claimant's guardian may be represented by one of their officers or employees.

Regulation text

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Banks or trust companies, corporate entities, acting as guardians for claimants, may be represented before adjudicating agencies as authorized representatives of claimants by an officer or employee, including a regularly employed attorney, if the employee or attorney represents the corporation in its fiduciary capacity.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 5903, 5904)

Amendment history

The eCFR versioner records no amendment to § 14.634 since 2016-12-14 (its point-in-time floor); the text above has been in force at least that long. Earlier amendments are listed in the section’s source note.

Source note: [43 FR 46535, Oct. 10, 1978. Redesignated and amended at 57 FR 4104, Feb. 3, 1992; 68 FR 8547, Feb. 24, 2003]

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