7. Every decision of the Board shall

• (a) state the issue on review, reconsideration or appeal, or the question of interpretation;

• (b) state the reasons for the decision;

• (c) state the names of the members who took part in the decision;

• (d) include the signature of at least one of the members who took part in the decision;

• (e) in the case of a review panel decision, inform the applicant that the applicant has the right to appeal to the Board and that, in pursuing this right of appeal, the applicant may be represented, free of charge, by the Bureau of Pensions Advocates or a service bureau of a veterans’ organization or, at the applicant’s own expense, by any other representative;

• (f) in the case of an appeal panel decision, annex to the decision the reasons for dissent, if any, signed by the dissenting members of the appeal panel.

8. The Board shall send written notice of its decision

• (a) in the case of an application for review or an application for reconsideration pursuant to subsection 32(1) of the Act, to the applicant and to the Minister;

• (b) in the case of an appeal, to the appellant and to the Minister;

• (c) in the case of a question of interpretation raised by the appellant,

  • (i) to the persons referred to in paragraph (b), and

  • (ii) to the persons and organizations named in section 2 of the Prescribed Persons and Organizations Regulations;

• (d) in the case of a referral of a question of interpretation to the Board

  • (i) to the person or organization who referred the question to the Board, and to the Minister, and

  • (ii) to the persons and organizations named in section 2 of the Prescribed Persons and Organizations Regulations, other than the person or organization referred to in subparagraph (i);

• (e) in the case of an application for a compassionate award under subsection 34(1) of the Act or an application for reconsideration pursuant to subsection 34(7) of the Act, to the applicant and to the Minister; and

• (f) in the case of a reconsideration by the Board on its own motion pursuant to subsection 23(1), 32(1) or 34(7) of the Act, to the applicant or appellant and to the Minister.