VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER (VSO) EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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
BVA - (answer)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 Assist - (answer)VA has the duty to assist claimants who submit a reasonably possible claim in
developing evidence to support their claims
, VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER (VSO) EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What helps makes an advocates claim successful - (answer)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 - (answer)VA's Adjudication Procedures Manual
What are the 3 elements of a disability compensation claim? - (answer)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 - (answer)Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Veterans Health
Administration (VHA), Central VA Office (VACO): national Cemetery, General Counsel, Office of Inspector
General.
DRO - (answer)Decision Review Officer
What is a review "de novo" - (answer)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? - (answer)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? - (answer)8
Which statute governs Veterans Benefits - (answer)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? -
(answer)Title 38 Code of Federal Regulations (Title 38 C.F.R.)
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
BVA - (answer)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 Assist - (answer)VA has the duty to assist claimants who submit a reasonably possible claim in
developing evidence to support their claims
, VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER (VSO) EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What helps makes an advocates claim successful - (answer)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 - (answer)VA's Adjudication Procedures Manual
What are the 3 elements of a disability compensation claim? - (answer)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 - (answer)Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Veterans Health
Administration (VHA), Central VA Office (VACO): national Cemetery, General Counsel, Office of Inspector
General.
DRO - (answer)Decision Review Officer
What is a review "de novo" - (answer)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? - (answer)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? - (answer)8
Which statute governs Veterans Benefits - (answer)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? -
(answer)Title 38 Code of Federal Regulations (Title 38 C.F.R.)
