The CAVC precedential opinion in Andrews v. McDonough, issued by the Veterans Court on May 28, 2021, is an interesting case, especially because of what it implies about the BVA Direct Review lane. This is a long post, to be sure. But I think this information is...
In this post, I’d like to provide an overview of the major changes to the VA claims process under “AMA” or the VA Appeals Modernization Act. AMA centers on structural changes to the old VA appeals process, which the VA is now calling the...
Used to be the only way to challenge a VA rating decision was to file a Notice of Disagreement. Effective February 2019, though, the VA appeals system changed with the passage of the Appeals Improvement Modernization Act (AMA). Now, the “ins-and-outs” of...