Veterans Affairs Department - Board Of Veterans' Appeals

secretary bva responsible chairperson

The Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA) is responsible, on behalf of the secretary of veterans affairs, for entering the final appellate decisions in claims of entitlement to veterans' benefits. The board is also responsible for deciding matters concerning fees charged by attorneys and agents for representation of veterans before the VA. The mission of the board (contained in 38 U.S.C.A. §§ 7101–7109) is to conduct hearings, consider and dispose of appeals properly before the board in a timely manner, and issue quality decisions in compliance with the law. The board is headed by a chairperson who is appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. The chairperson is directly responsible to the secretary of veterans affairs. Members of the board are appointed by the secretary with the approval of the president and are under the administrative control and supervision of the chairperson. Each BVA decision is signed by a board member acting as an agent of the secretary. Final BVA decisions can be appealed to the U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS.

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User Comments

about 2 years ago

pHILLIP bAKER

I HAVE A QUESTION HOW DO IT TAKE FOR BVA JUDGE TO PICK UP A CASE AND LOOK AT IT. MY APPEAL HAS BEEN AT THE BVA SINCE NOV 15 2009. I CALL TODAY JAN 11 2009 AND THE LADY TOLL ME THE JUDGE HAVE NOT PICK UP MY CASE

over 2 years ago

To whom it may concern:

I am the daughter of Mr. Felipe S. Romero, my father was A WW2 Filipino Veteran under the 66 Infantry. My father's claim was denied, we have several documents to prove that he is a world war 2 veteran. Please give us assistance

Respectfully yours,
Dr. Felicia Romero De Guia

over 4 years ago

The Veterans Affairs under supervision of Jim Nicholson, has got to be the biggest error of Dubya's appointments. With our Military go to war,(oops) to fight terrorism,the president failed to uphold the promise to it's veterans. The BVA is currently 800,000 thousand claims behind and I'm being generous, it is more than likely closer to 10,000.00. I feel the pain of those veterans, as the first claim I filed took 17.5 years to come to fruition. I now have another claim that is almost 7 years in the program. God help our veterans, because this administration won't.