Datasets / Board of Veterans' Appeals Decisions


Board of Veterans' Appeals Decisions

Published By Department of Veterans Affairs

Issued over 9 years ago

US
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Summary

Type of release
a one-off release of a single dataset

Data Licence
Not Applicable

Content Licence
Creative Commons CCZero

Verification
automatically awarded

Description

The Board of Veterans' Appeals (also known as 'BVA' or 'the Board') is a part of the VA, located in Washington, D.C. Members of the Board review benefit claims determinations made by local VA offices and issue decision on appeals. These Law Judges, attorneys experienced in veterans law and in reviewing benefit claims, are the only ones who can issue Board decisions. Staff attorneys, also trained in veterans law, review the facts of each appeal and assist the Board members. {38 U.S.C. 7103, 7104} BVA decisions are discoverabled via this search engine tool.