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Veteran Service Officer (VSO) studyguide solution 2024
-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
-VA has a duel role when it comes to claims, those are? - -Be a friend to the
Veterans but also be a guardian of the tax payer
-How can a claimant reopen a case filed by the VA as "final?" - -By
presenting new and material evidence
-What is new evidence? - -Evidence that has not already been submitted to
the VA
-What is material evidence? - -Evidence that helps prove a previously
unproven fact
-When can the VA deny a claim? - -If the weight of the evidence is (more
than half) against the claim
-Duty to Assist - -VA has the duty to assist claimants who submit a
reasonably possible claim in developing evidence to support their claims
-What helps makes an advocates claim successful - -Present reasons why
the benefit should be granted and cite appropriate statues and regulations
using the VA's adjudication procedures manual (M21-1MR).
-M21-1MR - -VA's Adjudication Procedures Manual
-What are the 3 elements of a disability compensation claim? - -1. Veteran
must currently suffer a disability or have suffered from disability since the
claim was filed 2. Must be some incident in service that could have caused
, the condition and 3. There must be some way of linking that current
condition to that incident.
-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.
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