Change Date October 9, 2015 a. Controlling After receiving a decision on an NOD, the claimant may choose to submit a a Perfected to show his/her VA Form 9, Appeal to Board of Appeals Veterans’ Appeal in disagreement with the NOD decision and certify an appeal to the Board of VBMS Appeals (BVA). Veterans’ Follow the steps in the table below to establish control of a perfected appeal. Step Action 1 Open the VBMS profile and select NEW CLAIM. appellant’s 2 Review the following information and update fields as necessary ADDRESS TELEPHONE NUMBER, and POWER OF ATTORNEY (POA). 3 Enter in the EP & CLAIM LEVEL field. 170FRM9 FORM 9 – 4 Enter the date the VA received the in the DATE OF VA Form 9 CLAIM field. 5 Assign the to APPEALS (NATIONAL) as the 170FRM9 SEGMENTED LANE Example: 6 Select SUBMIT to save the information. 7 Use the table below to complete the contentions screen in VBMS. If there is any ambiguity as to what the claimant is Important: appealing or if the claimant adds a new contention, the Intake Processing Center (IPC) as the contention enters “miscellaneous” forwards the EP to an appeals Veterans Service Representative (VSR) VBMS work queue, and leaves a system note regarding the ambiguity.
Change Date October 9, 2015 a. Controlling a Perfected Appeal in VBMS After receiving a decision on an NOD, the claimant may choose to submit a VA Form 9, Appeal to Board of Veterans’ Appeals to show his/her disagreement with the NOD decision and certify an appeal to the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA). Follow the steps in the table below to establish control of a perfected appeal. Step Action 1 Open the appellant’s VBMS profile and select NEW CLAIM. 2 Review the following information and update fields as necessary ADDRESS TELEPHONE NUMBER, and POWER OF ATTORNEY (POA). 3 Enter 170FRM9 – FORM 9 in the EP & CLAIM LEVEL field. 4 Enter the date the VA received the VA Form 9 in the DATE OF CLAIM field. 5 Assign the 170FRM9 to APPEALS (NATIONAL) as the SEGMENTED LANE Example: 6 Select SUBMIT to save the information. 7 Use the table below to complete the contentions screen in VBMS. Important: If there is any ambiguity as to what the claimant is appealing or if the claimant adds a new contention, the Intake Processing Center (IPC) enters “miscellaneous” as the contention forwards the EP to an appeals Veterans Service Representative (VSR) VBMS work queue, and leaves a system note regarding the ambiguity.