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A new and complete review without giving any weight to the fact that the
Regional Office(RO) personnel previously denied the claim.
Choose an answer
What helps makes an advocates claim
1 VBM 2
successful
3 What is a review "de novo" 4 BVA
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Terms in this set (59)
VBM Veterans Benefit Manual
An Advocates 1st Rule? Do no harm
What document is required to Power of Attorney(POA)
represent a Veteran?
, Can there be more than one POA No, there cannot be more than one POA active at the
active at any given time? same time
BVA Board of Veterans Appeals
How many regional offices are there 58
nationally?
VA has a duel role when it comes to Be a friend to the Veterans but also be a guardian of
claims, those are? the tax payer
How can a claimant reopen a case By presenting new and material evidence
filed by the VA as "final?"
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 Present reasons why the benefit should be granted
successful 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 1. Veteran must currently suffer a disability or have
compensation claim? 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.
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A new and complete review without giving any weight to the fact that the
Regional Office(RO) personnel previously denied the claim.
Choose an answer
What helps makes an advocates claim
1 VBM 2
successful
3 What is a review "de novo" 4 BVA
Don't know?
Terms in this set (59)
VBM Veterans Benefit Manual
An Advocates 1st Rule? Do no harm
What document is required to Power of Attorney(POA)
represent a Veteran?
, Can there be more than one POA No, there cannot be more than one POA active at the
active at any given time? same time
BVA Board of Veterans Appeals
How many regional offices are there 58
nationally?
VA has a duel role when it comes to Be a friend to the Veterans but also be a guardian of
claims, those are? the tax payer
How can a claimant reopen a case By presenting new and material evidence
filed by the VA as "final?"
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 Present reasons why the benefit should be granted
successful 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 1. Veteran must currently suffer a disability or have
compensation claim? 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.
