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Good afternoon and welcome you're joining us here at Chisholm Chisholm and compat Rick my name is Brad Hennings this is Emma Petersen and Cortney Ross and we're here today on at C CK live talking about how VA appeals reform or the Appeals Modernization Act is going to affect your va claim mm-hmm just want to let you know please if you've got any questions as we go along leave those questions there on Facebook and we will attempt to answer them in addition if you're seeing this later on leave comments there on Facebook or reach out to us any other way by phone by the internet or our website at C CK law calm so with that the big topic of the day is va Appeals reform or the VA appeals modernization act which changes the VA appeal system and that goes into effect fully on February 19th which is this Tuesday 2023 so let's talk a little bit about the new and the old appeal systems at VA for and this is of course for typically for disability benefits that's gonna be our focus today so what are the names for the new and old appeal systems at VA so for the old appeal system what's in place now and what's been in place for years and years and years is gonna be referred to as the legacy system and that will continue to operate for years to come as those claims get processed through VA but the new system we've heard new system the AMA Appeals Modernization Act appeals reform those are all terms for the the new system that that's coming up okay so now what is an initial decision at a rating decision so in under the new system when you file your...