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hello and welcome to cck live under five I'm Christine Clemons a managing attorney at
Chisholm Chisholm in Kilpatrick and in this video I'll be explaining the evidence docket at bva
bva or the board of veterans appeals is the Appellate body of the Department of
Veterans Affairs meaning it has the ability to overrule a decision made by a regional office
in February of 2019 VA officially implemented the appeals modernization act also referred to as Ama
and in this new appeal system veterans have three lanes for appealing a decision from VA
the first is the supplemental claim Lane which allows them the option to submit new
and relevant evidence at the regional office the second the higher level review Lane
allows for review of a determination by a senior VA claims adjudicator but no new
they cannot consider any new evidence in this Lane and this is also at the regional office
the third lane is at the board of veterans appeals and it's uh the notice of disagreement Lane
and uh a claimant can appeal directly to the board of veterans appeals in ama within the notice
of disagreement or board appeal Lane veterans must choose between one or among one of three
dockets the evidence docket the direct docket and the hearing docket today we'll be focusing
on the evidence docket but for information on the other dockets please check out our other videos
the evidence docket at the board of veterans appeals is for claimants who want to submit
additional evidence directly to the board without the regional office having to First consider it
um but they don't necessarily want a board hearing so that in that scenario
the evidence docket is what somebody would likely want to choose at the board
in this docket claimants can submit additional evidence to the board with their notice of
disagreement and within up to 90 days following the submission of their notice of disagreement
the record will then include any evidence submitted by the claimant in support of a pending
appeal and any issue contention or argument a claimant may offer during that 90-day window
because an appeal to the board in the evidence docket reopens the record albeit briefly any
evidence previously submitted to VA while the record was closed can now become part of the
record to be considered upon re-adjudication but it's a good idea to make sure that you're
specifically referencing that evidence the evidence that the claimant wants the board to
consider with the notice of disagreement remember that the record really only opens for 90 days so
it's important to observe closely that 90-day timeline for more information on the evidence
docket and the bva appeals process check out our YouTube channel or blog at cck hyphenlaw.com
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