What it is
VA Form 10182, Decision Review Request: Board Appeal (Notice of Disagreement), moves your case out of the regional office and into the Board of Veterans' Appeals, where a Veterans Law Judge decides it. On the form you must pick exactly one of three dockets, and that choice controls what evidence the Board can consider.
When you use it
Use it after a regional-office decision you disagree with, including a Supplemental Claim or Higher-Level Review decision, when you want a Veterans Law Judge to rule on it.
What to gather before you fill it out
- Your decision letter and the exact issues you are appealing
- A clear decision on which docket fits your case:
- Direct Review. Board decides on the existing record. Fastest. No new evidence, no hearing. - Evidence Submission. You may submit new evidence with the form and during the 90 days after the Board receives it. No hearing. - Hearing. You testify before a Veterans Law Judge (virtual, video, or in person in DC). You may submit new evidence at the hearing and during the 90 days after.
- Any new evidence you intend to file, if you pick Evidence Submission or Hearing
How to submit
File online at VA.gov or mail the completed form directly to the Board of Veterans' Appeals at PO Box 27063, Washington, DC 20038. Do not send it to the Janesville intake address, that delays routing. An accredited representative can file for you.
Common pitfalls
- You cannot change dockets after filing without Board permission, and switching can reset your place in line.
- Submitting evidence on the Direct Review docket gets that evidence excluded, the Board cannot consider it.
- The 90-day evidence window on Evidence Submission and Hearing dockets runs from the Board's receipt date, not your mailing date.
- Miss the one-year window from your decision letter and the Board loses jurisdiction. Your only path back is a Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence, and your effective date will not be preserved.
Related forms
VA Form 20-0995 (Supplemental Claim), VA Form 20-0996 (Higher-Level Review).
Sources
https://www.va.gov/find-forms/about-form-10182/, 38 CFR 20.202