VJRA

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VJRA is a U.S. federal law that established judicial review of veterans’ benefits decisions, creating a specialized court system to handle appeals from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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VJRA canonical 2

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
veterans law statute ⓘ
affectedAgency Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ
affectedBody Board of Veterans' Appeals ⓘ
appliesTo Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions ⓘ
Department of Veterans Affairs benefits decisions ⓘ
areaOfLaw administrative law ⓘ
federal appellate procedure ⓘ
beneficiaryGroup U.S. military veterans ⓘ
veterans' dependents ⓘ
changed previous bar on judicial review of VA benefits decisions ⓘ
classification veterans' benefits reform legislation ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 38 of the United States Code ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
courtRenamed United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims ⓘ
created specialized court system for veterans' benefits appeals ⓘ
dateSigned 1988-11-18 ⓘ
effectiveDate 1988-11-18 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
established United States Court of Veterans Appeals ⓘ
judicial review of veterans' benefits decisions ⓘ
establishedReviewPath from Board of Veterans' Appeals to Court of Veterans Appeals ⓘ
from Court of Veterans Appeals to United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ
establishedStandard scope of review for factual and legal determinations in veterans' benefits cases ⓘ
governs judicial review of VA benefits adjudications ⓘ
hasAbbreviation VJRA ⓘ
historicalSignificance ended the system in which VA benefits decisions were effectively unreviewable by courts ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalEffect authorized appeal of certain VA decisions to an Article I court ⓘ
provided procedures for appeals of veterans' benefits claims ⓘ
standards for judicial review of VA decisions ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 100-687 ⓘ
purpose to ensure an independent judicial forum for veterans ⓘ
to provide judicial review of veterans' benefits determinations ⓘ
relatedTo Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ
requires notice of appellate rights to claimants ⓘ
signedBy Ronald Reagan ⓘ
subjectMatter judicial review ⓘ
veterans' benefits ⓘ
title Veterans' Judicial Review Act of 1988 ⓘ
typeOfCourtCreated Article I court ⓘ
yearEnacted 1988 ⓘ

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Veterans' Judicial Review Act → hasAbbreviation → VJRA ⓘ
subject linked to: VJRA