---
title: "Build a Board Appeal lane timeline from the published goals"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/build-the-veterans-review-board-adr-and-hearing-timeline/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A56-P20261018-7-US"
practice_area: "Social Security & Veterans' Entitlements"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Build a Board Appeal lane timeline from the published goals

> Set out the three lanes, what evidence each allows, and the decision goal the page states for that lane. Label each goal as a goal.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/build-the-veterans-review-board-adr-and-hearing-timeline/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Social Security & Veterans' Entitlements](https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Set out the three lanes, what evidence each allows, and the decision goal the page states for that lane. Label each goal as a goal. |
| What the lawyer must review | VA.gov: Direct Review uses only the evidence already in the case, with no new evidence and no hearing, and the Board's goal is a decision within 365 days. Evidence Submission considers new evidence with the existing evidence. New evidence must be submitted with the Board Appeal or within 90 days of the date VA receives the request, and the goal is 550 days. A Hearing allows new evidence at the hearing or within 90 days after it, and the goal is 730 days. The page calls these goals. You do not tell the client that a decision will issue in that time. You choose the lane. The page says a Board Appeal request is made within 1 year of the decision on an initial claim, a Supplemental Claim or a Higher-Level Review, running from the date on the decision letter, and that a contested claim is requested within 60 days of the date on the decision letter. A contested claim is one in which the person and someone else claim a benefit that only one person can receive. The page also says the person cannot request two Board Appeals in a row for the same claim. Do not treat the contested-claim sentence as permission to file a second Board Appeal. You check the letter. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Build the Veterans' Review Board ADR and hearing timeline](https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/build-the-veterans-review-board-adr-and-hearing-timeline.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Set out the three lanes, what evidence each allows, and the decision goal the page states for that lane. Label each goal as a goal.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- The 365, 550 and 730 days are the Board's goals. They are not a right to a decision in that time.
- There is no Veterans' Review Board in this system.

## Sources

- [VA: Board Appeals](https://www.va.gov/decision-reviews/board-appeal/) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Veterans' review pathway, time limits and permanent impairment evidence](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/veterans-review-pathway-time-limits.md) | Checklist | Yellow | A checklist of the single review pathway the Department of Veterans' Affairs describes from 21 April 2025, the older time limits on the same page, and the GARP M chapter list for permanent… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*