The Appeals Playbook
A Veteran's Guide to Supplemental Claims, Higher-Level Review, and the Board of Veterans' Appeals
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About this book
This book teaches you the three lanes of the Appeals Modernization Act, how to choose which one fits your situation, how to build an appeal that gives the VA a clear question to answer, and how to protect your case from now until the day the decision is final.
Inside this book
- 1The Appeals Landscape: AMA, Your Three Lanes, and How to Choose
- 2Supplemental Claim: The Evidence Lane
- 3Higher-Level Review: The Error Correction Lane
- 4The Board of Veterans' Appeals: Three Sub-Lanes and How to Choose
- 5Effective Dates: The Money Question in Every Appeal
- 6Challenging the C&P Exam: Building Your Rebuttal
- 7Building the Strongest Appeal Submission
- 8Rating Increase Claims: When Your Condition Gets Worse
- 9Clear and Unmistakable Error: The Retroactive Correction
- 10Your Appeals Strategy: Building the Long-Game Plan
The book points you to its free field guide, Choosing a Decision Review Lane and Filing an Appeal (a free download, no signup).
Pairs with
Free guides and worksheets need no signup and no book. Books and workbooks are coming soon.
Workbook · Coming soonThe Appeals Workbook
Free guideChoosing a Decision-Review Lane and Filing an Appeal
Free guideFiling a Board Appeal Direct Review (VA Form 10182)
Free guideFiling a Board Appeal Evidence Submission (VA Form 10182)
Free guideFiling a Court Appeal to the CAVC
Free guideFiling a Supplemental Claim (VA Form 20-0995)
Free guidePreparing for a Board Hearing (VA Form 10182, Hearing Docket)
Free guideProtecting Your Effective Date and Understanding Back Pay
Free guideRequesting a Higher-Level Review (VA Form 20-0996)
Free worksheetBuddy Statement Pack
Free worksheetFive Ten Twenty
Free worksheetFlare Log
Free worksheetThe Frozen Record
Free worksheetThe Reason Underneath
Free worksheetTwo Week Record
Free worksheetVA Math Worksheet
Free worksheetWhich Door
J. Erickson
Author, educator, former veteran service officer.
J. Erickson is a service-disabled Air Force veteran. He served as a military firefighter and as a veteran service officer, where he spent years walking veterans through the same claims process he writes about now. He holds an MBA and writes plain-language guides for veterans who want to understand the system without a translator.
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