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{{Organization
|OrganizationName=Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
|OrganizationType=Independent Agencies
|Mission=United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims reviews veterans’ benefits appeals, ensuring fair and thorough claim evaluations.
|CreationLegislation=Veterans' Judicial Review Act of 1988
|Employees=100
|Budget=$30 million (fiscal year 2023)
|OrganizationExecutive=Chief Judge
|Services=Appellate review of veterans' benefits decisions; Case remands to BVA
|HeadquartersLocation=38.89481, -77.02078
|HeadquartersAddress=625 Indiana Avenue NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
|Website=https://www.uscourts.cavc.gov
}}
{{short description|Specialized federal appeals court}}

The '''United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims''' (in [[case citation]]s, '''Vet. App.''') is a federal [[court of record]] that was established under [[Article I of the United States Constitution]], and is thus referred to as an [[Federal tribunals in the United States#Article I tribunals|Article I tribunal]] (court).  The court has exclusive national jurisdiction to provide independent federal judicial oversight and review of final decisions of the [[Board of Veterans' Appeals]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uscourts.cavc.gov/ |title=USCAVC – United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims |publisher=Uscourts.cavc.gov |access-date=October 3, 2012}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceC">{{Bluebook website |last=Gaffney |first=Jonathan M. |title=U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: A Brief Introduction |url=https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11365 |date=November 18, 2019 |publisher=Cong. Research Serv.}}</ref>