(a) Place of filing. The Notice of Disagreement must be filed with the Board of Veterans' Appeals, P.O. Box 27063, Washington, DC 20038.
(b) Time of filing. Except as provided in § 20.402 for simultaneously contested claims, a claimant, or his or her representative, must file a properly completed Notice of Disagreement with a decision by the agency of original jurisdiction within one year from the date that the agency mails the notice of the decision. The date of mailing the letter of notification of the decision will be presumed to be the same as the date of that letter for purposes of determining whether an appeal has been timely filed.
(c) Extension of time of filing. An extension of the period for filing a Notice of Disagreement or a request to modify a Notice of Disagreement may be granted for good cause. A request for such an extension must be in writing and must be filed with the Board. Whether good cause for an extension has been established will be determined by the Board.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 7105)
Notes of Decisions
Thurber v. Brown, 5 Vet. App. 119 (Vet. App. 1993).
“” 38 C.F.R. § 20.203 (1992). The Board shall decide an appeal “only after affording the claimant an opportunity for a hearing.”
Archbold v. Brown, 9 Vet. App. 124 (Vet. App. 1996).
“The Court notes that the Board was obligated under 38 C.F.R. § 20.203 (1995) to notify the veteran if it was concerned about the adequacy of this 1-9 Appeal, and to allow him a period of 60 days within which “to present written argument or to request a hearing to present oral…”
Bruce Moseby Brack v. Denis McDonough (Vet. App. 2024).
· cites it 2× “38 C.F.R. § 20.203 (a) (2023). Most relevant here, there is no longer a general 90-day period for submitting additional evidence provided by § 20.”
Diggs v. Shulkin, 703 F. App'x 972 (Fed. Cir. 2017).
“the Board failed to provide him notice of the inadequacy of his 1995 “appeal” as required under 38 C.F.R, § 20.203 (1994). The Veterans Court did not address this issue in its opinion as it was never raised by Mr, Diggs.”
190911-31084 (Board of Vet. App. 2019).
“§ 7105 (c); 38 C.F.R. §§ 20.203 , 20.1103. To the extent the Veteran’s attorney argues that the final April 2016 rating decision was erroneous, a claim for clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in that decision must be plead to, and considered by, the RO in the first instance.”
190315-3969 (Board of Vet. App. 2019).
“19, 2019)(to be codified at 38 C.F.R. § 20.203 ). The Board does not have jurisdiction over the claim for entitlement to service connection for the cause of the Veteran’s death at the present time.”
190304-5441 (Board of Vet. App. 2019).
“Additionally, the Veteran’s claims cannot be accepted in the AMA pilot program, Rapid Appeals Modernization Program (RAMP), because the RAMP program has concluded and also required specific opt-in criteria before it concluded. A claimant or his/her representative must file a…”
191223-84104 (Board of Vet. App. 2020).
“38 C.F.R. § 20.203 (c). On December 17, 2019, the Veteran called VA to express his desire to file a supplemental claim, request higher level review, or appeal to the Board.”
210105-135199 (Board of Vet. App. 2021).
“38 C.F.R. § 20.203 . A request for such an extension must be in writing and must be filed with the Board.”
190923-33434 (Board of Vet. App. 2021).
“§ 7105 (b)(1)(A); 38 C.F.R. § 20.203 (b). The Board may dismiss any appeal which fails to identify the specific determination with which the claimant disagrees.”
210316-146387 (Board of Vet. App. 2021).
“§ 7105 (b)(1)(A); 38 C.F.R. § 20.203 (b). The Board may dismiss any appeal which fails to identify the specific determination with which the claimant disagrees.”
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