Which appeal lane fits your claim

If you got a VA decision in the last year and aren’t sure whether to file a Higher-Level Review (VA Form 20-0996), a Supplemental Claim (20-0995), or a Board Appeal (10182), I can help you pick the right path based on what evidence you have today. Drop the date on your letter and whether you have new medical evidence; the choice affects timelines and back pay, and the one-year clock is real.

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We saw the same lift, and the ‘asset deployment lagged’ gap shrank once we pre‑staged CLM updates via the OCE API and ran a nightly delta publish, keeping MLR in Vault so OCE only handled delivery. @OP, are you pre‑mapping Komodo HCO/HCP IDs to OCE before ingest?

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@OP I filed HLR at 11 months, ‘no new evidence’ — decision in 45 days; otherwise 20-0995.

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