pending any necessary development, such as examination, for the within scope issue. k. Handling If a claimant or his/her representative submits a written statement expressing dissatisfaction or disagreement with a compensation decision and a desire to Expressing contest the decision on anything other than a VA Form 21-0958 Dissatisfaction or Provide the claimant, in writing, information on how to obtain VA Form Disagreement Not Submitted Inform the claimant that on a VA Form VA regulations require the timely submission of a in VA Form 21-0958 21-0958 When order to submit an appeal of the decision at issue, and Required the completed must be submitted within one year of the VA Form 21-0958 date of the decision notice sent to him/her on the issue(s) he/she is intending to appeal VA will take no further action until a completed is VA Form 21-0958 received, and follow the steps below to process a Request for Application for NOD Letter Step Action 1 Establish end product (EP) 400 Request for Notice of Disagreement. 2 Open the tool available on the intranet site. 3 Select the IPC tab in the . 4 Select the from the drop Request for Application for NOD Letter down menu. 5 Complete the fields for the contact information and the date of notification letter before clicking on the CREATE LETTER button. 6 Print and mail the letter to the claimant and, if necessary, the authorized representative. For more information on providing notices to an Reference: authorized representative, see M21-1, Part I, 3.B.1. 7 Associate the document with claims folder. For electronic documents, proceed to Step 8. 8 Open the ACTIONS drop down menu in the VBMS eFolder. Select Upload Document. Complete the fields as follows: SUBJECT: leave blank CATEGORY-TYPE: Correspondence - Miscellaneous: Report of Contact SOURCE: VBMS
pending any necessary development, such as examination, for the within scope issue. k. Handling Expressing Dissatisfaction or Disagreement Not Submitted on a VA Form 21-0958 When Required If a claimant or his/her representative submits a written statement expressing dissatisfaction or disagreement with a compensation decision and a desire to contest the decision on anything other than a VA Form 21-0958 Provide the claimant, in writing, information on how to obtain VA Form Inform the claimant that VA regulations require the timely submission of a VA Form 21-0958 in order to submit an appeal of the decision at issue, and the completed VA Form 21-0958 must be submitted within one year of the date of the decision notice sent to him/her on the issue(s) he/she is intending to appeal VA will take no further action until a completed VA Form 21-0958 is received, and follow the steps below to process a Request for Application for NOD Letter Step Action 1 Establish end product (EP) 400 Request for Notice of Disagreement. 2 Open the tool available on the intranet site. 3 Select the IPC tab in the . 4 Select the Request for Application for NOD Letter from the drop down menu. 5 Complete the fields for the contact information and the date of notification letter before clicking on the CREATE LETTER button. 6 Print and mail the letter to the claimant and, if necessary, the authorized representative. Reference: For more information on providing notices to an authorized representative, see M21-1, Part I, 3.B.1. 7 Associate the document with claims folder. For electronic documents, proceed to Step 8. 8 Open the ACTIONS drop down menu in the VBMS eFolder. Select Upload Document. Complete the fields as follows: SUBJECT: leave blank CATEGORY-TYPE: Correspondence - Miscellaneous: Report of Contact SOURCE: VBMS
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