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38 C.F.R. § 20.201

Rule 201. What constitutes an appeal

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An appeal of a decision by the agency of original jurisdiction consists of a Notice of Disagreement submitted to the Board in accordance with the provisions of §§ 20.202-20.204.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 7105)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 129 cases (18 in the last 5 years), 1993–2024 · leading case: Vets. Just. Grp., LLC v. Sec'y of Vets. Affairs, 818 F.3d 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2016).
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Vets. Just. Grp., LLC v. Sec'y of Vets. Affairs, 818 F.3d 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2016). · cites it 8× “” 38 C.F.R. § 20.201 (2014). However, if the RO’s notice of decision decided multiple issues, under the Prior Regulation the claimant was required to specify which agency determinations he or she sought to appeal.”
Hamilton v. Brown, 4 Vet. App. 528 (Vet. App. 1993). · cites it 9× “38 C.F.R. § 20.201 (1992). VA regulations define an AOJ as the VA “regional office, medical center, clinic, cemetery, or other [VA] facility which made the initial determination on a claim or .”
Raymond Gallegos, Claimant-Appellee v. Anthony J. Principi, Sec'y of Vets. Affairs, 283 F.3d 1309 (Fed. Cir. 2002). · cites it 8× “In August 1993, Mr. Gallegos amended his claim to include a claim for service connection for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).”
Fenderson v. West, 12 Vet. App. 119 (Vet. App. 1999). · cites it 4× “An NOD is defined by regulation as “[a] written communication from a claimant or his or her representative expressing dissatisfaction or disagreement with an adjudicative determination by the [RO] and a desire to contest the result”; it “must be in terms which can be reasonably…”
Gallegos v. Gober, 14 Vet. App. 50 (Vet. App. 2000). · cites it 16× “38 C.F.R. § 20.201 (1999) (emphasis added).”
& Alfred R. Young v. Eric K. Shinseki, 22 Vet. App. 461 (Vet. App. 2009). · cites it 6× “" 38 C.F.R. § 20.201 (2008). It must be expressed "in terms which can be reasonably construed as disagreement with that determination and a desire for appellate review" and "the specific determinations with which the claimant disagrees must be identified.”
Mason v. Brown, 8 Vet. App. 44 (Vet. App. 1995). · cites it 5× “38 C.F.R. § 20.201 (1994). See generally Hamilton v.”
Merritt I. Anderson v. Anthony J. Principi, 18 Vet. App. 371 (Vet. App. 2004). · cites it 6× “" 38 C.F.R. § 20.201 (2003); see Gallegos v.”
Stanley A. Hamilton & Michael J. Hermann, Claimants-Appellants v. Jesse Brown, Sec'y of Vets. Affairs, 39 F.3d 1574 (Fed. Cir. 1994). · cites it 3× “” A NOD is defined by DVA regulations as “[a] written communication from a claimant or his or her representative expressing dissatisfaction or disagreement with an adjudicative determination by the agency of original jurisdiction [AOJ] and a desire to contest the result_” 38…”
Phillips v. Brown, 10 Vet. App. 25 (Vet. App. 1997). · cites it 4× “” 38 C.F.R. § 20.201 (1995). The October 1988 NOD preceded the document which is alleged by the appellant to have been a CUE claim, ie.”
Beyrle v. Brown, 9 Vet. App. 24 (Vet. App. 1996). · cites it 4× “38 C.F.R. § 20.201 (1995); Hamilton, 4 Vet.”
Muhammad Chaudhry v. Michael Astrue, 688 F.3d 661 (9th Cir. 2012). “” 38 C.F.R. § 20.201 . A Notice of Disagreement is required to appeal a DVA decision.”
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