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So, you may hear veterans refer to their VA claim as being at the board um or they’re appealing to the board. So, let’s talk about what the board is. Created in 1933, the Board of Veterans Appeals, known as the Board or the BVA, is an administrative tribunal within the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. It’s located in Washington DC and it hears appeals of claimants that are dissatisfied with the initial decision on their claim for benefits by the VA. The BVA or the board provides the
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highest level of appellet review within VA. Now there are other levels of review but those are going to be done outside the VA. This is the highest internal level of review. The board also employs about 600 attorney advisors. These advisors are known as associate counsel counsel or senior counsel and they are essentially staff attorneys who are trained in VA law and they assist VLJS in reviewing the facts of each case and writing the decisions that are made. There’s also a number of non-decision
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writing attorneys, professional administrative staff at the board that help the board execute their mission. In that mission, the board’s mission is to conduct hearings and consider and dispose of appeals properly before the board in a timely manner. It has jurisdiction to review all questions of law and fact necessary to a decision by the VA. And kind of in closing, a final BVA decision is considered to be the final decision of the VA secretary on an issue. If you want to appeal that, you’re going to have to go outside the
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VA for that appeal. If you have a case at the board or you think you might need to appeal your claim to the board, we handle cases at the board all the time. So, please reach out with any questions you might have.
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