If a rating decision is required, Important: do include the withdrawn contentions as issues in the rating not decision ensure the withdrawn contentions do not appear on the of the rating decision as deferred issues, and Codesheet leave a note in the box of the rating decision Special Notation that provides the date VA received the request for withdrawal, and lists the contentions the claimant withdrew. 8 Follow the instructions in M21-1, Part III, Subpart v, 2.B for notifying the claimant of the decision. c. Notifying a following the instructions contained in M21-1, Part III, Subpart ii, Claimant That 2.G.3.a or b, VA Has Processed use the Letter Creator tool to generate the letter titled and Withdrawn, His/Her send the letter to the claimant as notification that Request VA has acted on the claimant’s request by cancelling his/her claim, and VA may reverse the action it took only if the claimant asks VA to do so within 30 days. Important: If the claim involved multiple contentions, and the claimant differentiated between the contentions to which the request applies and the contentions to which the request does apply, list the contentions to which the request not applies in the letter. Claim Withdrawn There is no requirement (or need) to inform a claimant of his/her appeal rights in a letter. Claim Withdrawn For information about accessing and using the Letter Creator tool, Reference: see the web page on Compensation Service’s intranet. 4. Processing a Retraction of a Request to Withdraw a Claim November 30, 2015 Change Date a. Processing a Follow the instructions in the table below upon receipt of a retraction of a Retraction of a request to withdraw a claim. Request to Withdraw a Claim
Important: If a rating decision is required, do not include the withdrawn contentions as issues in the rating decision ensure the withdrawn contentions do not appear on the Codesheet of the rating decision as deferred issues, and leave a note in the Special Notation box of the rating decision that provides the date VA received the request for withdrawal, and lists the contentions the claimant withdrew. 8 Follow the instructions in M21-1, Part III, Subpart v, 2.B for notifying the claimant of the decision. c. Notifying a Claimant That VA Has Processed His/Her Request following the instructions contained in M21-1, Part III, Subpart ii, 2.G.3.a or b, use the Letter Creator tool to generate the letter titled Withdrawn, and send the letter to the claimant as notification that VA has acted on the claimant’s request by cancelling his/her claim, and VA may reverse the action it took only if the claimant asks VA to do so within 30 days. Important: If the claim involved multiple contentions, and the claimant differentiated between the contentions to which the request applies and the contentions to which the request does not apply, list the contentions to which the request applies in the Claim Withdrawn letter. There is no requirement (or need) to inform a claimant of his/her appeal rights in a Claim Withdrawn letter. Reference: For information about accessing and using the Letter Creator tool, see the web page on Compensation Service’s intranet. 4. Processing a Retraction of a Request to Withdraw a Claim Change Date November 30, 2015 a. Processing a Retraction of a Request to Withdraw a Claim Follow the instructions in the table below upon receipt of a retraction of a request to withdraw a claim.