Veteran Association Accreditation Exam
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS AND 100%
VERIFIED
(DIC), Survivors Pension and accrued benefits forms (Initial) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-21P-534,
-21P-534a,
-21P-534EZ,
-21P-535, Application for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation by Parent(s) (Including Accrued
Benefits and Death Compensation when Applicable),
-21P-601, Application for Accrued Amounts Due A Deceased Beneficiary, for accrued benefits only.
§1111. Presumption of sound condition - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅every veteran shall be taken to
have been in sound condition when examined, accepted, and enrolled for service, except as to defects,
infirmities, or disorders noted at the time of the examination, acceptance, and enrollment, or where
clear and unmistakable evidence demonstrates that the injury or disease existed before acceptance and
enrollment and was not aggravated by such service.
20-0996, Decision Review Request: Higher-Level Review - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅associated with a
request for higher-level review of a prior decision
21-8940, Veteran's Application for Increased Compensation Based on Unemployability. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅VA Form 21-8940 is not required to claim individual unemployability (IU). However,
submission of VA Form 21-8940 by the Veteran is required in the course of development of the IU claim
and for the award of TDIU benefits.
21P-527EZ Application for Pension - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅VA Form 21P-527EZ provides claimants
with the notice 38 U.S.C. 5103 requires for the following types of Veterans Pension claims:
-Veterans Pension
-Special monthly pension (SMP) based on the
-Need for aid and attendance
-Status of being housebound
,-Additional Veterans Pension benefits for a Veteran with a child incapable of self-support
21P-534EZ Application for DIC, Survivors Pension and/or Accrued Benefits - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅provides claimants with the notice 38 U.S.C. 5103 requires for claims for the
following types of survivors benefits:
-Survivors Pension
-accrued benefits
-Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) for death related to the following types of service:
-active duty
-active duty for training, or
-inactive duty training
-DIC under 38 U.S.C. 1318
-DIC under 38 U.S.C. 1151
-Survivors Pension and parents' DIC
-additional survivors benefits based on the need for aid and attendance, or status of being housebound,
and
-benefits for a deceased Veteran's child incapable of self-support.
38 C.F.R. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Part 3 (Adjudication) and Part 4 (schedule for rating disabilities)
are most used
38 CFR Part 3 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Adjudication; outlines regulatory guidance that directs all
adjudicative activities, procedures and functions performed by VA
38 CFR Part 4 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Schedule for Rating Disabilities; outlines regulatory guidance
that serves as the framework for how SC disabilities for VA purposes are rated and evaluated
A Veteran had 24 continuous months of active duty which ended on August 3, 1990. Does this Veteran's
service qualify for pension? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Yes. The Veteran served 24 continuous
months of active duty that ended during a wartime period; therefore, the minimum active duty service
requirement is met. The wartime service requirement is also met because the Veteran served at least 90
consecutive days that ended during a wartime period.
,Abandoned Claims - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅38 CFR 3.158; A claim will be considered abandoned
when evidence requested in connection with an original claim, a claim for increase or to reopen or for
the purpose of determining continued entitlement is not furnished within 1 year after the date of
request. After the expiration of 1 year, further action will not be taken unless a new claim is received.
Agent Orange Exposure - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The specific time period during which herbicide
exposure in the RVN may be presumed is the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7,
1975. There is no requirement for a specified length of service, duty, or visitation in the RVN under 38
CFR 3.307(a)(6)(iii). A Veteran must have had actual duty or visitation in the RVN or on its inland
waterways to qualify for the presumption of exposure to herbicides under 38 CFR 3.307(a)(6).
ALS with at least 90 days of continuous active service presumptive reg - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅38
CFR 3.318
Alternate Signer - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Public Law (PL) 112-154, Section 502, amended 38 U.S.C.
5101 to authorize VA to accept an alternate signature on behalf of claimants or beneficiaries who are
under age 18; lack the mental capacity to provide substantially accurate information needed to
complete a form or to certify that the statements made on a form are true and complete, or are
physically unable to sign a form.
Ancillary Benefits at Issue - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅secondary benefits that are considered when
evaluating claims for comp, pen, DIC.
Appeal Time Limits - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The claimant has either 60 days from the date of the
statement of the case (SOC), or one year from the date of letter from the AOJ, whichever is longer, to
submit the VA Form 9. So, for example, the letter from the AOJ is dated November 20, 2015, the NOD is
sent December 10, 2015, and the SOC is dated January 25, 2016; in this situation, the claimant has until
November 19, 2016, to submit the VA Form 9.
Apportionment and POA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅If your organization holds power of attorney
(POA) for the Veteran you cannot also represent the apportionee. If the Veteran is paying child support
or alimony as required by a court decision, it is unlikely that an apportionment will be made.
, apportionment form - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅21-0788, Information Regarding Apportionment of
Beneficiary's Award.
Apportionments - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Veterans' dependents can, under certain circumstances,
request an apportioned share of the Veteran's benefits to be paid directly to them. In most cases, the
request for apportionment will be predicated on the (claimed) non-support of the apportionee by the
Veteran. An apportionment will not be granted if doing so will cause a hardship for the Veteran.
Asbestos - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-If the Veteran has minimal exposure, VA will request the entire
personnel file prior to scheduling any exams to determine if the Veteran did other jobs.
-While the MOS is considered, VA will also review other evidence available as personnel file and STRS
may show exposure.
-If the MOS shows probable or highly probable exposure, VA will request an examination and order
personnel file.
auto allowance forms - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-21-4502, Application for Automobile or Other
Conveyance and Adaptive Equipment.
-Auto allowance can also be claimed on VA Form 21-526EZ.
Basic Eligibility Accrued Benefits - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅38 CFR 3.1000(d)(4) and (d)(5); The
evidence in the file at the date of death must be evidence related to a claim that has not been finally
adjudicated. To be considered "in file," the evidence must be in VA's possession. The evidence in the file
at the time of death must support the existence of accrued benefits.
Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The law extends a
presumption of herbicide exposure to Blue Water Navy Veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam
and the offshore waters. Blue Water Navy survivors, and certain dependents may be entitled to benefits
if the Veteran was exposed to one of 14 conditions related to Agent Orange.
Under the law, certain Veterans who served as far as 12-nautical miles from the shore of the Republic of
Vietnam and Cambodia, or who had service in the Korean Demilitarized zone (DMZ), may be entitled to
disability compensation for conditions related to herbicide exposure. The law also provides benefits for
children born with spina bifida whose parent was a Veteran with verified herbicide exposure in Thailand
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS AND 100%
VERIFIED
(DIC), Survivors Pension and accrued benefits forms (Initial) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-21P-534,
-21P-534a,
-21P-534EZ,
-21P-535, Application for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation by Parent(s) (Including Accrued
Benefits and Death Compensation when Applicable),
-21P-601, Application for Accrued Amounts Due A Deceased Beneficiary, for accrued benefits only.
§1111. Presumption of sound condition - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅every veteran shall be taken to
have been in sound condition when examined, accepted, and enrolled for service, except as to defects,
infirmities, or disorders noted at the time of the examination, acceptance, and enrollment, or where
clear and unmistakable evidence demonstrates that the injury or disease existed before acceptance and
enrollment and was not aggravated by such service.
20-0996, Decision Review Request: Higher-Level Review - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅associated with a
request for higher-level review of a prior decision
21-8940, Veteran's Application for Increased Compensation Based on Unemployability. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅VA Form 21-8940 is not required to claim individual unemployability (IU). However,
submission of VA Form 21-8940 by the Veteran is required in the course of development of the IU claim
and for the award of TDIU benefits.
21P-527EZ Application for Pension - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅VA Form 21P-527EZ provides claimants
with the notice 38 U.S.C. 5103 requires for the following types of Veterans Pension claims:
-Veterans Pension
-Special monthly pension (SMP) based on the
-Need for aid and attendance
-Status of being housebound
,-Additional Veterans Pension benefits for a Veteran with a child incapable of self-support
21P-534EZ Application for DIC, Survivors Pension and/or Accrued Benefits - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅provides claimants with the notice 38 U.S.C. 5103 requires for claims for the
following types of survivors benefits:
-Survivors Pension
-accrued benefits
-Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) for death related to the following types of service:
-active duty
-active duty for training, or
-inactive duty training
-DIC under 38 U.S.C. 1318
-DIC under 38 U.S.C. 1151
-Survivors Pension and parents' DIC
-additional survivors benefits based on the need for aid and attendance, or status of being housebound,
and
-benefits for a deceased Veteran's child incapable of self-support.
38 C.F.R. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Part 3 (Adjudication) and Part 4 (schedule for rating disabilities)
are most used
38 CFR Part 3 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Adjudication; outlines regulatory guidance that directs all
adjudicative activities, procedures and functions performed by VA
38 CFR Part 4 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Schedule for Rating Disabilities; outlines regulatory guidance
that serves as the framework for how SC disabilities for VA purposes are rated and evaluated
A Veteran had 24 continuous months of active duty which ended on August 3, 1990. Does this Veteran's
service qualify for pension? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Yes. The Veteran served 24 continuous
months of active duty that ended during a wartime period; therefore, the minimum active duty service
requirement is met. The wartime service requirement is also met because the Veteran served at least 90
consecutive days that ended during a wartime period.
,Abandoned Claims - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅38 CFR 3.158; A claim will be considered abandoned
when evidence requested in connection with an original claim, a claim for increase or to reopen or for
the purpose of determining continued entitlement is not furnished within 1 year after the date of
request. After the expiration of 1 year, further action will not be taken unless a new claim is received.
Agent Orange Exposure - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The specific time period during which herbicide
exposure in the RVN may be presumed is the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7,
1975. There is no requirement for a specified length of service, duty, or visitation in the RVN under 38
CFR 3.307(a)(6)(iii). A Veteran must have had actual duty or visitation in the RVN or on its inland
waterways to qualify for the presumption of exposure to herbicides under 38 CFR 3.307(a)(6).
ALS with at least 90 days of continuous active service presumptive reg - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅38
CFR 3.318
Alternate Signer - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Public Law (PL) 112-154, Section 502, amended 38 U.S.C.
5101 to authorize VA to accept an alternate signature on behalf of claimants or beneficiaries who are
under age 18; lack the mental capacity to provide substantially accurate information needed to
complete a form or to certify that the statements made on a form are true and complete, or are
physically unable to sign a form.
Ancillary Benefits at Issue - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅secondary benefits that are considered when
evaluating claims for comp, pen, DIC.
Appeal Time Limits - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The claimant has either 60 days from the date of the
statement of the case (SOC), or one year from the date of letter from the AOJ, whichever is longer, to
submit the VA Form 9. So, for example, the letter from the AOJ is dated November 20, 2015, the NOD is
sent December 10, 2015, and the SOC is dated January 25, 2016; in this situation, the claimant has until
November 19, 2016, to submit the VA Form 9.
Apportionment and POA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅If your organization holds power of attorney
(POA) for the Veteran you cannot also represent the apportionee. If the Veteran is paying child support
or alimony as required by a court decision, it is unlikely that an apportionment will be made.
, apportionment form - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅21-0788, Information Regarding Apportionment of
Beneficiary's Award.
Apportionments - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Veterans' dependents can, under certain circumstances,
request an apportioned share of the Veteran's benefits to be paid directly to them. In most cases, the
request for apportionment will be predicated on the (claimed) non-support of the apportionee by the
Veteran. An apportionment will not be granted if doing so will cause a hardship for the Veteran.
Asbestos - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-If the Veteran has minimal exposure, VA will request the entire
personnel file prior to scheduling any exams to determine if the Veteran did other jobs.
-While the MOS is considered, VA will also review other evidence available as personnel file and STRS
may show exposure.
-If the MOS shows probable or highly probable exposure, VA will request an examination and order
personnel file.
auto allowance forms - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-21-4502, Application for Automobile or Other
Conveyance and Adaptive Equipment.
-Auto allowance can also be claimed on VA Form 21-526EZ.
Basic Eligibility Accrued Benefits - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅38 CFR 3.1000(d)(4) and (d)(5); The
evidence in the file at the date of death must be evidence related to a claim that has not been finally
adjudicated. To be considered "in file," the evidence must be in VA's possession. The evidence in the file
at the time of death must support the existence of accrued benefits.
Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The law extends a
presumption of herbicide exposure to Blue Water Navy Veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam
and the offshore waters. Blue Water Navy survivors, and certain dependents may be entitled to benefits
if the Veteran was exposed to one of 14 conditions related to Agent Orange.
Under the law, certain Veterans who served as far as 12-nautical miles from the shore of the Republic of
Vietnam and Cambodia, or who had service in the Korean Demilitarized zone (DMZ), may be entitled to
disability compensation for conditions related to herbicide exposure. The law also provides benefits for
children born with spina bifida whose parent was a Veteran with verified herbicide exposure in Thailand
