Notice of Disagreement (Legacy vs. AMA)
Required Forms
VA Form 10182
Decision Review Request: Board Appeal (Notice of Disagreement)
Legacy NOD (pre-AMA)
Under the legacy system, a who disagreed with a VA decision filed an with the , which then issued a (). To advance to the Board, the veteran filed VA Form 9. The legacy process was famously slow and involved repeated remands between the Board and the Regional Office.
AMA (post-February 19, 2019)
The replaced the legacy track with three independent decision-review lanes: () for adjudicative errors, for new and relevant evidence, and — which is now filed on and is itself called a under AMA terminology.
AMA Board appeal — three dockets
- — fastest; no new evidence, no hearing.
- Evidence Submission — submit new evidence within 90 days of filing.
- Hearing — virtual, video, or Central Office hearing with a .
Choosing the right lane
If you simply want a senior reviewer to take a fresh look at the same record, is fastest. If you have new and relevant evidence, file a . If you want a to decide, file a on .
Frequently Asked Questions
Useful Tools & Topics
This kind of issue turns on lane, evidence, and timing
Matters like this often come down to lane selection, the right evidence at the right moment, and protecting your effective date. If your issue is already in dispute or post-decision, check whether your matter fits our review process.
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