{"data":{"id":"us/38-cfr-18b.15","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"38 CFR 18b.15","heading":"b.15 Exclusion from hearing for misconduct.","body":"Disrespectful, disorderly, or contumacious language or contemptuous conduct, refusal to comply with directions, or continued use of dilatory tactics by any person at any hearing before a presiding officer shall constitute grounds for immediate exclusion of such person from the hearing by the presiding officer.","path":["Title 38—Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","PART 18b—PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE UNDER TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 AND PART 18 OF THIS CHAPTER"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-38.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:50Z","sha256":"aa02ba5a09a22e261d93fc20a67643cb3c8bd85bf38b2b5c454043a5050e4782","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/38-cfr-18b.14","next":"us/38-cfr-18b.16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}