Fill Form 5495 Veteran 2017-2023

Today we're going to talk about the VA Form 9 it is your formal appeal to the board of veterans appeals for disability benefits claims in the VA system my name is Zach Evans I work at Woods and woods attorneys in Evansville Indiana and I practice in the area of veterans benefits the VA Form 9 is intended to escalate the matter from the regional office which is a matter of service connection or the issue of a the propriety of your rating or the issue of even unemployability so it takes those issues and then elevates them to a body known as a board of veterans appeals board of veterans appeals being the decision-making body over the regional offices that reviews their decisions for adjudicative accuracy let's start off talking a little bit doing a review of the VA claims process we do Veterans Benefits appeals and you've begun a new claim likely and after a period of time the regional office will issue what's known as a rating decision and that is a quick look at your claim and your theory for how your conditions should be service-connected or why your rating should be higher than it already is and they will issue a decision on that so after the rating decision is sent to you you have one year to submit your notice of disagreement also colloquially known as an in OD once you file your in OD which is your notice of disagreement with the rating decision so you say VA I deserve this benefit and the VA says no you don't deserve this benefit you filed a notice of disagreement saying that that's an incorrect decision and then the regional office is supposed to issue to you what is known as a statement of...