Recent decisions of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans' Claims confirm that board judges must "fully explain the issues" that the board judge is deciding. Why is this important? Because the BVA must tell veterans why the case has been denied, for what reason, and what issues have been conceded. So if the issue in a claim was denied for lack of a diagnosis, the board cannot later deny for a reason that the board did not raise as an issue.
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- Posted on 04/08/2014 Board of Veterans' Appeals on pace to decide 48,000 cases in 2014
- Posted on 04/08/2014 Number of BVA Decisions expected to hit 48,000 for 2014
- Posted on 03/24/2014 VA Plan to Transform the Appeals Process: Va proposes to shorten the time it takes to appeal decisions to the Board of Veterans' Appeals (currently three years) by gutting veterans rights.