How long do appeals to the CAVC take?

If a case requires full briefing to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, the process can take 1-3 years, more or less.

About 80% of the cases we take to the CAVC resolve much more quickly — usually around 8-10 months.

When the VA’s attorneys at the VA Office of General Counsel agree with our presentation of legal or factual error, and agree to send the case back to the BVA Veterans Law Judge to get it right, we join them in filing what is called a Joint Motion to Remand, or “JMR”. The JMR is a tool that quickly sends the appeal back to the BVA for correction of factual and legal errors.