The Appeals Workbook
Fillable worksheets for choosing your decision-review lane and filing your appeal on time.
Two of the five lanes cannot look at new evidence, so pick the lane by what went wrong before you send your best record.
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About this workbook
Fillable worksheets for a VA decision you disagree with. Track every deadline from the printed date, match the denial to the right lane, organize new evidence, prepare a Higher-Level Review or Board Appeal, and know your options after the Board.
How it works
- Deadline Tracker
- Lane Chooser
- A worksheet for the review lane you pick
Which one do you need?
- The free field guides on this site walk you through each task, step by step.
- The book (The Appeals Playbook) explains the whole subject in depth, with the reasons behind each rule.
- This workbook is where you do the work: fillable pages that keep your records, dates and notes in one file, in order.
You don't need all three. The free guide is enough to do the steps. The workbook is for people who want it organized in one place.
Details
- Fillable PDF, US Letter, 12 pages, 88 fillable fields
- Fill it on screen in the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, or print it and write by hand
- Current as of October 2026
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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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