Caseflow: Appeal Outcoding | Create a supplemental claim on a DTA error or remand for a decided Appeal

[shanear]

When an appeal is outcoded, if the disposition of that issue is in the list below, we should create a follow up supplemental claim with those issues.

requires #8262

Acceptance Criteria

When a board appeal is outcoded, after the decision document has been uploaded in the outcoding job referenced in #8262:

• if any decision issues have dispositions of "Remanded", there should be a DTA supplemental claim created with request issues contesting each remanded decision issue.
• The 040BDE should be used as the EP code for the follow up EPs unless:
  
  
  
  • The benefit type is pension, then use the PMC version of the EP code.
  
  
  • If the remand reason category is medical exams and opinions and the remand reason is advisory medical opinion. Then use the IMO version of the EP code.
  
  

Notes

EP codes:

EP | Claim Label
-- | --
040BDE | Board DTA Error
040BDEIMO | Board DTA Error with IMO
040BDEPMC | PMC Board DTA Error
040BDEIMOPMC | PMC Board DTA Error - w/IMO

Technical Notes

• The "Remanded" disposition has a constant here: https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/caseflow/blob/master/client/constants/ISSUE_DISPOSITIONS_BY_ID.json#L3
• The creation of the SupplementalClaim should happen asynchronously, just like it does for HLRs
• All request issues should have dispositions at that point. I think we can probably raise an exception if that is not the case.

[abbyraskinUSDS]

I'm not sure about the dispositions text. But here is the list of AMA end products. It looks like there are two EP options for a supplemental claim stemming from an HLR decision (to track non-rating and rating):

• 040HDENR
• 040HDR

[laurjpeterson]

Outcoding: https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/caseflow/issues/6888

Potentially relevant slack thread with some q's alex asked and clarifications shane gave

[laurjpeterson]

Mural with mapping of issue dispositions, remand reasons, EPs, and whether or not to make a supplemental claim - UPDATED 10/16

[shanear]

First outcome, figure out how decision issues are going to be modeled and how they are going map to DTA error supplemental claims.

[leikkisa]

I got started on this, but it seems like it would make sense to wait for 8263 so I am pausing for now.

[leikkisa]

Shane says to wait until after some related bug fixes he is currently working on before starting this

[steve-gov]

Setting up validation data for this, on file 123458316:

• Direct Review docket, issue Compensation: Apportionment - TEST FOR VALIDATION OF ISSUE 6167 created appeal https://appeals.cf.uat.ds.va.gov/queue/appeals/fbd4a946-b687-4e5d-a798-a4576667b8d1
  
  
  
  • This appeal should be outcoded as Remanded with any category except medical exams and opinions
  
  
• Evidence Submission docket, issue Incarceration Adjustments - TEST FOR VALIDATION OF ISSUE 6167 - INCARCERATION ADJUSTMENT created appeal https://appeals.cf.uat.ds.va.gov/queue/appeals/9892ab97-3257-4326-b5da-9e7266a4a67c
  
  
  
  • This appeal should be outcoded as Remanded with category medical exams and opinions and reason advisory medical opinion
  
  
• Direct Review docket, issue Eligibility | Wartime service - TEST FOR VALIDATION OF ISSUE 6167 - PENSION - WARTIME SERVICE created appeal https://appeals.cf.uat.ds.va.gov/queue/appeals/69fe9f2a-7180-4520-b0b3-d110d174e7e3
  
  
  
  • This appeal should be outcoded as Remanded with any category except medical exams and opinions
  
  
• Evidence Submission docket, issue Eligibility | Veteran Status - TEST FOR VALIDATION OF ISSUE 6167 - PENSION - VETERAN STATUS created appeal https://appeals.cf.uat.ds.va.gov/queue/appeals/069cd157-5413-48d0-b229-945714aed728
  
  
  
  • This appeal should be outcoded as Remanded with category medical exams and opinions and reason advisory medical opinion
  
  

[steve-gov]

Blocked due to #8803. The good news is that each outcoding attempted to create a DTA SC but failed due to lack of required (?) date(s).

[steve-gov]

After #8803 cleared, the jobs processed and resulted in the appropriate outcoded EPs.

[steve-gov]

EPs show as Caseflow search results on 123458316 (last 4 in image):

[steve-gov]

Clicking Edit in Caseflow in VBMS on the resulting SC results in the appropriate "issues not editable" page: