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I’ve been at the Board for almost two years. Is there anything I can do to speed up the process?

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Hi. I started my claim in 2015. My claim is at the Board since 9/2020. My claim is for Ménière’s Syndrome. My attorneys say my claim is very strong and that both the RO and HLR were both wrong in reading the evidence. I um under the AMA on the Evidence docket. Nowhere on VA.gov do they tell me where I am in line or when my claim is likely to be reviewed. When I call the Board all they tell me is that my appeal is there and they can’t even give me an approximation of when it might be reviewed. I have contacted my Senator and House member, but they have not been any help. Any insight would be appreciated.

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Well I think I found out how the VA prolong a claim in my case.

Here it is the bva is allowing ro to change docket numbers after remand when case are to be return back to the board front of line.

Here is how say you get a bva remand it go back to ro they denied they will issue a ssoc and tell you to do a nod about the denial.

Well guys you are now at the end of the line with a new docket number at the bva. Waiting for your case to get back to s judge.

This is how ppl end up with different effective dates an not the date when the appeal started.

In my case it was a cavc remand from 2018. The bva remand to ro the ro got it told me I have to do new VA form 9 and a new nod to get my cases return back to bva. Smh

After remand to ro. Well bva took the new VA form 9 and nod.

An started a new appeal stream back of the line 150000 in line.

Well I think everyone understand this isnt how it works.

 

I tell everybody to check your bva docket number after bva or cavc remand to make sure they didn't change it. After they made you do a new VA form 9 or not.

This add years. You could have been fighting 10 years an it return back to bva. You should have the same 10 year docket number. 

This is how they understand an appeal has been in the system to long.

Now if they change the docket number to a new one you just lose 10 years off you appeal time.

It was done to me and I had to do a writ.

An they still didn't change the docket number back.

It am at the cavc and had to get them to merger everything back with the old docket number.

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