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The Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA) is an administrative tribunal within the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), located in Washington, D.C. Established by Executive Order on July 28, 1933, the Board reviews and makes decisions on appeals concerning veterans' benefits. Its mission is to conduct hearings and issue decisions ...
The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims is commonly referred to as the Veterans Court, USCAVC, or simply CAVC. The court was previously known as the United States Court of Veterans Appeals, but was changed to the current name by the Veterans Programs Enhancement Act on March 1, 1999 (Pub.L. No. 105-368). [3]
Pages in category "United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims cases" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Seal of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Veterans advocacy organizations such as Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and the National Organization of Veterans' Advocates (NOVA) [8] have argued that many additions to the M21-1 Manual constitute "interpretative rules" and that the Federal Circuit therefore has jurisdiction to review such changes upon direct appeal by a ...
[2] [3] The law removed three time-consuming steps in the appeals process: the issuance of a Statement of the Case (SOC), the filing of a VA-9, and the Certification of Appeal. [1]: 22 It also removed VA regional offices from the appeals process. Appeals now go directly to the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
James W. Brammer appealed a September 13, 1990, Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA) decision which denied reopening his claim for service connection for spinal meningitis. BVA also determined that the Veteran was not entitled to service connection for residuals of frozen feet. Mr. Brammer was a combat Veteran of World War II and served in Normandy, Northern France, the Ardennes, the Rhineland ...
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Nieves-Rodriguez then appealed the decision to the Board of Veterans Appeals. Nieves-Rodriguez obtained private medical opinions from two physicians in support of his claim. One doctor submitted a letter stating that he had treated the Veteran since 1995 and opined that his major depression was secondary to the service connected Guillain ...