Click To Call If you do not request ahearing with the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA), your claims folder will stay at the local VA office until it is transferred to BVA shortly before the Board begins its review. If you request a Travel Board hearing, your claims folder will stay at the local VA office until the hearing is completed and will then be transferred to the Board. If you request a videoconferenced BVA hearing or a hearing held at the Board's office in Washington, D.C., your claims folder will stay at the local VA office until shortly before the hearing is held. It will be transferred to BVA in time for your hearing and the Board's review.
print this page

Where is my claims file, or claims folder, kept during the appeals and hearing process?

 

A:

If you do not request a hearing with the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA), your claims folder will stay at the local VA office until it is transferred to BVA shortly before the Board begins its review.

If you request a Travel Board hearing, your claims folder will stay at the local VA office until the hearing is completed and will then be transferred to the Board.

If you request a videoconferenced BVA hearing or a hearing held at the Board's office in Washington, D.C., your claims folder will stay at the local VA office until shortly before the hearing is held. It will be transferred to BVA in time for your hearing and the Board's review.


©2012 Law Offices of LaVan & Neidenberg, P. A., All Rights Reserved, Reproduced with Permission Privacy Policy
Attorney web design by Foster Web Marketing, the best attorney website design solution on the Web offering search engine optimization for attorneys, lawyer website design, video for attorneys, and more.
Get SEO Tips from The Attorney Internet Marketing Blog

disability lawyer ft lauderdale, federal ssa attorney florida,miami odar, va compensation rates, federal ssa attorney georgia, disability lawyer atlanta