{"id":377,"date":"2025-12-14T15:06:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T20:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vaclaimhelper.com\/blog\/?p=377"},"modified":"2025-12-14T15:06:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T20:06:50","slug":"what-is-va-form-20-0995-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaclaimhelper.com\/blog\/blog\/2025\/12\/14\/what-is-va-form-20-0995-are\/","title":{"rendered":"What is VA Form 20-0995-ARE?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VA Form 20-0995-ARE serves as the official &#8220;Decision Review Request: Supplemental Claim.&#8221; Under the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA), this form is your specific tool for reopening a previously denied claim or contesting a rating decision when you have <strong>new and relevant evidence<\/strong> to present. Unlike a Higher-Level Review (where the VA only looks at existing evidence), this form tells the VA, &#8220;I have proof that wasn&#8217;t considered in the prior decision, and I want you to review my case again with this new information included.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>When to Use This Form<\/h2>\n<p>This form is critical for effective appeals strategy. You should file VA Form 20-0995-ARE in the following scenarios:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Submitting New Evidence:<\/strong> You have obtained new medical records, buddy statements, or independent medical opinions (IMOs) that were not part of the record when the VA made its last decision.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Preserving Effective Dates:<\/strong> You received a decision within the last year that you disagree with, and you want to maintain your original effective date for backpay purposes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reopening Old Claims:<\/strong> You are seeking to reopen a claim that was denied more than a year ago (note: in this instance, the effective date will generally be the date the VA receives this new Supplemental Claim).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Switching Appeal Lanes:<\/strong> You previously received a denial from a Higher-Level Review or Board Appeal and now wish to submit new evidence to support your contention.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Streamline Your Claims Practice<\/h2>\n<p>Managing Supplemental Claims and organizing new evidence for multiple veterans can quickly become an administrative burden. Take control of your workflow with a modern solution designed for Veteran Representatives.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vaclaimhelper.com\/vch\/static\/vuebased\/dist\/#\/signup\">Sign up for VA Claim Helper today<\/a><\/strong> to manage this form, organize client evidence, and handle your entire caseload in one secure, centralized dashboard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VA Form 20-0995-ARE serves as the official &#8220;Decision Review Request: Supplemental Claim.&#8221; Under the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA), this form is your specific tool for reopening a previously denied claim or contesting a rating decision when you have new and relevant evidence to present. Unlike a Higher-Level Review (where the VA only looks at existing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vaclaimhelper.com\/blog\/blog\/2025\/12\/14\/what-is-va-form-20-0995-are\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What is VA Form 20-0995-ARE?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaclaimhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaclaimhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaclaimhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaclaimhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaclaimhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vaclaimhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":378,"href":"https:\/\/vaclaimhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaclaimhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaclaimhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaclaimhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}