NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICERS EXAM 2024

VBM Answer - Veterans Benefit Manual An Advocates 1st Rule? Answer - Do no harm What document is required to represent a Veteran?Answer - Power of Attorney(POA) Can there be more than one POA active at any given time?Answer - No, there cannot be more than one POA active at the same time BVAAnswer - Board of Veterans Appeals How many regional offices are there nationally?Answer - 58 VA has a duel role when it comes to claims, those are?Answer - 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?"Answer - By presenting new and material evidence What is new evidence?Answer - Evidence that has not already been submitted to the VA What is material evidence?Answer - Evidence that helps prove a previously unproven fact When can the VA deny a claim?Answer - If the weight of the evidence is (more than half) against the claim Duty to AssistAnswer - 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 successfulAnswer - Present reasons why the benefit should be granted and cite appropriate statues and regulations using the VA's adjudication procedures manual (M21-1MR). M21-1MRAnswer - VA's Adjudication Procedures Manual