BVA Appeal Data
VA Appeals Guide for Disability Claims and Decision Reviews is a comprehensive resource that explains how to challenge a VA decision when your disability claim is denied or underrated. This page breaks down the three main appeal options including Supplemental Claims, Higher-Level Reviews, and Board of Veterans' Appeals cases, and explains when each path is appropriate based on your situation and evidence. You will find clear guidance on filing deadlines, required forms, evidence submission rules, and what to expect at each stage of the appeals process, including how cases are reviewed and decided. Whether you are correcting an error, submitting new evidence, or escalating your case to a Veterans Law Judge, this guide helps you understand your options and navigate the VA appeals system with greater clarity and confidence.
What Is This Data?
Every decision issued by the Board of Veterans' Appeals is published publicly on va.gov. We downloaded all 829,415 decisions from 1995 through early 2026 and extracted structured data from each one: outcomes, diagnostic codes, judge names, rating changes, hearing information, evidence adequacy findings, and more.
The goal is simple: help veterans make informed decisions about their claims and appeals by showing them what actually happens at the Board, not speculation, not anecdotes, but real data from hundreds of thousands of published decisions.
All data is from publicly available BVA decisions. This is for educational purposes only and is not legal advice. Individual outcomes depend on your specific evidence and circumstances.
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Grant rates, appeal wait times, and hearing-impact data for 715 conditions. Sortable and searchable.
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