(NYTimes) – If there is one thing more frustrating, complicated and time-consuming than applying for veterans disability benefits, it may well be appealing the decisions made by the Department of Veterans Affairs on those very claims.
Under the rules of the system, veterans can appeal decisions on their disability claims to the Board of Veterans Appeals, an agency within the Department of Veterans Affairs. And if they do not like the resulting decision, they can appeal again to an independent federal judicial panel, the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.