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§ 426.470 Board's role in docketing and evaluating the acceptability of appeals of ALJ decisions.
(a) Docketing the appeal. The Board does the following upon receiving an appeal of part or all of an ALJ's decision:
(1) Dockets the appeal either separately or with similar appeals.
(2) Assigns a docket number.
(b) Evaluating the acceptability of the appeal. The Board determines if the appeal is acceptable by confirming that the appeal meets all of the criteria in § 426.465.