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Veteran Service Officer (VSO)
What is a Fully Developed Claim(FDC)? - ✔ ✔ a process designed to adjudicate the claims process faster (within 90 days).
What is the line of responsibility in the appeals process? - ✔ ✔ Regional Office(RO) Claim
Decision Review Officer(DRO) Appeal
Board of Veterans Appeals(BVA) Appeal
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims(CAVC)
Equitable Relief - ✔ ✔ The VA chooses to do something that is fair but is not required.
What is an offset? - ✔ ✔ VA reducing the Veteran's benefit to collect on debt.
Waiver of debt - ✔ ✔ Veteran is asking the VA forgive the debt and forget about collecting the money
Discharge Review Board(DRB) can upgrade any discharge except..... - ✔ ✔ bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge issued by a general court martial.
When can an upgrade with Discharge Review Board(DRB) be filed? - ✔ ✔ With 15 years after discharge.
Which entity can make corrections to a military records? - ✔ ✔ Board of the Correction of Military Records(BCMR)
What is the time limit for filing a correction with the Board of the Correction of Military Records(BCMR)? - ✔ ✔ 3 years from when the Veteran identifies the error.
The VA health system(largest in the country) is comprised of... - ✔ ✔ 1300 Care Facilities
163 VA medical Centers
850 Outpatient and Ambulatory Facilities
42 Residential and Rehabilitation Treatment Programs
Over 200 counseling Centers
What is a VISN? - ✔ ✔ Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN's)
How many Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN's) make up and cover the countries boundaries? - ✔ ✔ 22
VBM - ✔ ✔ Veterans Benefit Manual
An Advocates 1st Rule? - ✔ ✔ Do no harm
What document is required to represent a Veteran? - ✔ ✔ Power of Attorney(POA)
Can there be more than one POA active at any given time? - ✔ ✔ No, there cannot be more than one POA active at the same time
BVA - ✔ ✔ Board of Veterans Appeals
How many regional offices are there nationally? - ✔ ✔ 58
3 Departments of the VA - ✔ ✔ Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Central VA Office (VACO): national Cemetery, General Counsel, Office of Inspector General.
DRO - ✔ ✔ Decision Review Officer
What is a review "de novo" - ✔ ✔ A new and complete review without giving any weight to the fact that the Regional Office(RO) personnel previously denied the claim.
Are Veterans automatically entitled to VA healthcare? - ✔ ✔ No, VA medical care is principally directed toward treating medical problems related to Veteran's military service and toward helping some low income Veterans.
How many Priority Groups are there? - ✔ ✔ 8
Which statute governs Veterans Benefits - ✔ ✔ Title 38 of the United States Code (Title 38 U.S.C)
Which regulations are written by the VA and used to carry out the laws written by congress? - ✔ ✔ Title 38 Code of Federal Regulations (Title 38 C.F.R.)
How many and what are the types of discharges? - ✔ ✔ 1. Honorable 2. General, Under Honorable 3. Under other than Honorable(UOTH), undesirable 4. Bad conduct 5. Dishonorable
Name the 2 entities Veterans may utilize to request a discharge upgrade - ✔ ✔ Discharge Review Board (DRB) & Board for the Correction of Military Records (BCRM)
Willful Misconduct - ✔ ✔ Deliberate or intentional wrongdoing with knowledge of or wanton disregard of its probable consequences.
As of 9/8/1990 what is the length-of-service requirement? - ✔ ✔ A Veteran must have completed a minimum period of service either 24 months of continuous active duty or full period for which the Veteran was called or ordered to active duty.
Family Members Eligibility - ✔ ✔ Usually family members are not entitled to receive benefits in their own right if the Veteran is alive. If the Veteran is deceased, some surviving family members of the Veteran may be entitled to certain VA death benefits.
What benefits might surviving family members be eligible for? - ✔ ✔ CHAMPVA, burial benefits, VA home loan guaranty, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) or non-service connected death pension.
Service Connected Disability Compensation - ✔ ✔ A monthly disability compensation awarded to a Veteran who suffers from a disabling condition that was incurred in or aggravated by service.
Non-Service Connected Disability Pension - ✔ ✔ Must; Demonstrate financial need, be totally and permanently disabled, served at least 90 consecutive days of active duty at least one of those days during a period of war or at least one day of wartime service that resulted in a discharge for service-connected disability or have served 90 days or more in more than one period of war and discharged other than dishonorable.
Section 1151 Claims - ✔ ✔ Regarding injury, disability, or death due to VA hospital care, medical treatment, examination or vocational rehabilitation. VA can be held legally responsible results of care.
Federal Tort Claims Act - ✔ ✔ Law and process by which a citizen can sue the government when persons are injured by a negligent federal government employee. A Veteran filing a section 1151 claim should also file FTCA claim too(FTCA law attorney advised).
Where can the schedule rating disabilities be found? - ✔ ✔ 38 C.F.R. Part 4
Individual Employability (IU) - ✔ ✔ Increases disability to 100% rating if the Veteran cannot get or keep substantially gainful employment because of service-connected disabilities. Must have one service connected disability of 60% or two or more service connected disabilities where one is rated at least 40% with a combined rating of 70%.
Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) - ✔ ✔ a monthly payment that is available to eligible surviving spouses, children, and dependent parents when the VA determines that the Veteran's death was service connected.
Form 21-527EZ - ✔ ✔ Application for Pension
