When it comes to appeals any decision made by the Department of Veteran Affairs on any benefit claim such as disability, cemetery services, healthcare, GI Bill, etc, can be appeal for any reason. If the veteran feels that VA did not make correct decision and that they are entitled to additional benefits veteran has the right to file an appeal. All appeals must be filed within one year of a Veteran Benefits Administration decision. Historically only about 11-12% of all claim decisions are appealed. However, with the recent push by the congress for VA to speed up their claim processing times this number in the last 18 months has gone up to about 30%. An indication that decision to resolve initial claims in short time frame (read within 12 months)
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This includes a summary of all the evidence gathered by the Department of Veterans Affairs as well as copies of all pertinent laws and regulations pertaining to VA decision. This is just fancy way of saying that someone sends veteran copies of every document veteran has already submitted to the VA as well as copies of laws and regulations that even case manager does not understand (they use cheat sheets to know what they need to attach for what type of claim). Currently this process is about 385 days long.
If the veteran is not happy with any aspect of the Statement of Case, the veteran has the right to fila a formal appeal at the Veteran Benefits Administration by submitting substantive appeal (VA Form 9). This will initiate agonizingly long process of waiting for the case to be reviewed by yet another board. During this step most people either give up or completely lose hope.
Once veteran case is ready for a review, veteran will be given an option to take part in board hearing before a veteran’s law judge to go over their appeal and present any new evidence that has been overlooked or not been provided
This includes a summary of all the evidence gathered by the Department of Veterans Affairs as well as copies of all pertinent laws and regulations pertaining to VA decision. This is just fancy way of saying that someone sends veteran copies of every document veteran has already submitted to the VA as well as copies of laws and regulations that even case manager does not understand (they use cheat sheets to know what they need to attach for what type of claim). Currently this process is about 385 days long.
If the veteran is not happy with any aspect of the Statement of Case, the veteran has the right to fila a formal appeal at the Veteran Benefits Administration by submitting substantive appeal (VA Form 9). This will initiate agonizingly long process of waiting for the case to be reviewed by yet another board. During this step most people either give up or completely lose hope.
Once veteran case is ready for a review, veteran will be given an option to take part in board hearing before a veteran’s law judge to go over their appeal and present any new evidence that has been overlooked or not been provided